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Heron - Ardea cinerea
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momji1971



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Strike! And he got the fish!

Taken at Mere Sand wood NR, Southport.
· Date: Sun September 13, 2009 · Views: 701
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Camera Information: D300, sigma 500mm 4.5
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ron1863

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Sun September 13, 2009 5:36pm

A beautiful shot, I love the water - frozen perfectly.

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Jonners

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Sun September 13, 2009 6:36pm

Great shot momji, super capture (same goes for the heron too I guess)

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momji1971

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Sun September 13, 2009 6:44pm

Thanks chaps. So much effort for so little reward (the heron!). The fish was tiny! lol



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Mon September 14, 2009 4:28am

Great capture. All that splashing about for a tiny fish, maybe just a snack.
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Mon September 14, 2009 6:40am

A corker of an action shot!

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Mon September 14, 2009 8:23am

ooh - ouch! I can feel the speed of that - well done!

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John D

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Mon September 14, 2009 2:45pm

A very nicely timed action shot.

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momji1971

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Mon September 14, 2009 5:06pm

Thanks, but can't really take the credit for the timing, recently got the battery grip and 8 fps really comes in handy sometimes! :-)
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