Hey ISv, if that is your "plan B - if nothing else is around" - you're a lucky man
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You manage to come close enough to them to capture all the detail in the bird - and with a good choice of lighting / angle / composition!
Choosing the optimal composition in my country is often difficult - with all the fencing and signs to keep out... (a necessity b.t.w. in a country the size of a bath towel with more then 17 million people on it
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Another grey heron in the same field, emerging from hiding in a ditch:
Sun was coming through momentarily, diffused by some clouds
(7DmkII, 100-400L II @ 400mm f/5.6, ISO200)
W.
You manage to come close enough to them to capture all the detail in the bird - and with a good choice of lighting / angle / composition!
Choosing the optimal composition in my country is often difficult - with all the fencing and signs to keep out... (a necessity b.t.w. in a country the size of a bath towel with more then 17 million people on it
Another grey heron in the same field, emerging from hiding in a ditch:
Sun was coming through momentarily, diffused by some clouds
(7DmkII, 100-400L II @ 400mm f/5.6, ISO200)
W.