American Bittern and spider webs

gluwater

Here's one I finally got around to processing from Florida. I was searching for the elusive American Bittern the entire week I was there and although I found quite a few they were always abscured by reeds, backlit or in poor light. On day 4 I finally got a break and found this guy at the edge of the water pre-dawn. I moved in slowly with the 135L f/2 since I needed to keep my shutter speed up in the re-dawn darkness. He took off once and I got a decent flight shot but I like this one better after he landed. Let me know what you think, I worked pretty hard to get this.

dbaker1221

I like it . the webs make it interesting...good job

Maestro

Very nice comp with this shy little guy. Good work.

bhowdy

I like it Nick....good job on a tough client

gluwater

dbaker1221 wrote:

I like it . the webs make it interesting...good job

Thanks Dave. I think this is an image that works much better larger so you can see the detail in it like the dew on the webs.

Harryb

gluwater wrote:

Thanks Dave. I think this is an image that works much better larger so you can see the detail in it like the dew on the webs.

I love this image (I must if I'm taking some time in Sedona, AZ to comment on it). Its a wonderful capture with fine detail and I can't wait to see it printed and displayed.

gluwater

Maestro wrote:

Very nice comp with this shy little guy. Good work.

Thanks Stephen, I liked how the reeds gave some dimension to the image. I don't know these birds can sit so still for soo long. Once you find them it's easy to lose them in the reeds even though they haven't even moved since their camo works so well.

PrescottPhotog

gluwater wrote:

Here's one I finally got around to processing from Florida. I was searching for the elusive American Bittern the entire week I was there and although I found quite a few they were always abscured by reeds, backlit or in poor light.

Very nice image Nick. Probably kinda hard to sneak up on though huh..

gluwater

bhowdy wrote:

I like it Nick....good job on a tough client

Thanks Bob. They're almost as frustrating as the Least Bittern, at least they're bigger though. That makes them a little easier.

gluwater

Harryb wrote:

<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/15524779-Ti.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > I love this image (I must if I'm taking some time in Sedona, AZ to comment on it). Its a wonderful capture with fine detail and I can't wait to see it printed and displayed. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/clap.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

Thanks Harry. Hope you're having fun in AZ. I'm sure you remember how obsesed I was with this bird.

PrescottPhotog wrote:

Very nice image Nick. Probably kinda hard to sneak up on though huh..<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

Thanks Chris. There is no sneaking up on this bird. They see you way before you've ever seen them. I was lucky because since it was pre-dawn and very dark out and I don't think it could see me very well. I think that's the only reason it let me get as close as I did.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Hikin' Mike

Nice job!