Heron at Dusk

A walk round the RSPB's Lodmoor reserve, Weymouth, last week coincided with a glorious sunset. Light was dropping quickly, but the sky had turned the water pink so worth seeing whether there was enough light for a shot or two of gulls and geese settling down for the evening. And then a heron came into view. Lens wide open gave 1/100 sec, not ideal for 300mm + 1.4TC on a K3 but hey, it's digital, not like wasting expensive film . So camera on monopod, keep as steady as possible, trust in SR, hope the bird doesn't move very fast ...

Here's the big bird itself in all its magnificance .

Thoughts, comments welcome as usual.

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Steve

Nice shots Steve - particularly with the difficult exposures! The "pinkish" light makes it very atmospheric

Yes, lovely shots with that reflected colour. I wonder though whether they are a tad on the cool side? I find sometimes in low light the auto white balance is cooler than I remember so have to adjust it later.

A stunning reflection in 1. and an interesting one in 3. Lovely captures all of them.

Very atmospheric background in the first, Steve, at the very top of the image - makes it for me.

Yes the light looks wonderful! Kudos on getting a sharp image judging by the light and focal length used.