Another short post, with some of my better attempts at photographing the heron that is currently a regular over at Falmer Pond. The wading and flight photos were taken on Thursday. The one of it perched in the tree was part of a sequence I took on Friday morning.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
If you’re reading this you’ll have noticed that I’ve been playing around with the look of the site. It’s all somewhat experimental at the moment and it may yet revert back to what it was before. Either way, expect some further tweaks.
Meanwhile here’s a short sequence of the young herring gulls on one of the terraced green roofs at the University of Brighton, Falmer. They’re not quite ready to fly, though they have been spotted jumping an inch or so into the air. Another week or so will probably do it.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
I seem to have been even more intermittent with posts than I intended, but to be honest I’ve not photographed much that I haven’t posted a hundred times before. Still, time to get things moving again for at least a day before the semi-finals kick in (my pick for the final Brazil v Holland). As the title says, this is a pond post featuring some of the regular inhabitants at Falmer.
These two ducks, for example… taking turns standing on a submerged rock.
The greylag goslings are growing fast. The first clutch are barely distinguishable from the adults, but this second group still have a fair amount of cuteness factor.
The closing sequence is of one of the visitors to the pond (the ducks and geese are resident birds), but it’s a regular. The heron appreciates the thriving fish population and pops in for an early morning snack every now and then.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
