I think it may be some kind of water bird, Liriodendron, as the tree was located alongside the river Trent. It was too far away to be identified with the naked eye.
Morning everyone...pleased you all like the Kestrel
Beautiful Orchid pictures, Fairy & Liri they're such gorgeous flowers. We have a small colony of Bee Orchids at one of the local nature reserves, think I'll have to make a visit soon and grab some shots.
You are right, David...it is a Cormorant.
Really like the OSR shot, the 3 prominent flowers make for a great composition and the Blue and Yellow combination always works so well together.
I know what you mean fortunately I don't have any allergies.
The pic itself didn't quite work out as I intended......my idea was to use a large aperture to bring the plants in the foreground into focus and to blur the rest of the field, compliment by the lovely blue sky.
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I think it may be some kind of water bird, Liriodendron, as the tree was located alongside the river Trent. It was too far away to be identified with the naked eye.
PS. I'm about as far away (here in mid-Staffordshire) as it is possible to get from the sea.
Can't enlarge it, but looks like a Shag. I guess by sitting in the tree, it gets a better view, of its supper.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Thanks.....I agree, it does look rather like a cormorant.
David, your oil seed rape photo practically makes me sneeze...
Morning everyone...pleased you all like the Kestrel
Beautiful Orchid pictures, Fairy & Liri
they're such gorgeous flowers. We have a small colony of Bee Orchids at one of the local nature reserves, think I'll have to make a visit soon and grab some shots.
You are right, David...it is a Cormorant.
Really like the OSR shot, the 3 prominent flowers make for a great composition and the Blue and Yellow combination always works so well together.
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I know what you mean
fortunately I don't have any allergies.
The pic itself didn't quite work out as I intended......my idea was to use a large aperture to bring the plants in the foreground into focus and to blur the rest of the field, compliment by the lovely blue sky.
Alas, as my teacher said, 'must try harder'.
Blackbird leaving her nest after feeding her little uns........they don't hang around, so you need to be quick to snap this!
For anyone who may be interested, Fuji camera set to shutter priority, shutter speed 2500 with a f4.5 aperture.
David, your bird pics are always so full of detail