Grey heron

Yesterday the heron stood where I wanted him, but still no blue sky and no prospect of any in the near future.

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I repeated the heron shots again and finally the bird stood where I wanted him, above the camera. Maybe tomorrow I will get a blue sky. The only point in photographing the heron every day, regardless of the weather, is to get the bird used to the camera being there. I was firing the camera by remote control, but it was unreliable so now I leave it running, taking one picture every half a second. It never fills up the 64GB SD card before the battery goes dead after about 2 hours. By that time the heron is full of the fish I am providing and loses interest.

I am in and out of the picture changing things around more often than the heron.

Grey heron

I have not been taking many pictures of late, or at least not keeping many. 10 days in a row I have tried to photograph a Grey heron with a super wide angled lens looking up at him. The camera is at water level and I want the bird to more or less stand on it, but although it is a small compact camera and totally silent the bird is to wary to get that close. Each day I think he is getting more confident and today I have taken two that I will at least keep (for now). I want a better sky behind him and his feet in the shot.