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Saturday, 18 February 2012

Bittern (Slimbridge WWT)

A bad day, so I have been doing a bit of photoshop, enjoy.

 
Absolutely beautiful piece of music.


43 comments:

holdingmoments said...

Excellent picture Bob.

And I love that music track; one of my favourites artists from way back.
Still got my vinyl copy of Trout Mask Replica. :-)

eileeninmd said...

Always a cool sighting to see a Bittern! Awesome photo, Bob! Happy weekend!

Wanda..plain~N~simple said...

Beautiful plumage, but my goodness what a long neck it has!

The Herald said...

Superb work Bob...[;o)

LadyFi said...

Oh, such gorgeous details of the feathers!

TexWisGirl said...

beautiful to catch this elusive bird!

Marc Heath said...

What a ripper Bob, great shot.

LifeRamblings said...

the bittern is stunningly beautiful.

Tabor said...

You are way too talented. You capture the essence of the bird as well as the reality.

Jesús said...

Un ave con un lago cuello, parece el de una jirafa.

Saludos.

Giga said...

Śliczne :-). Cudny portret. Pozdrawiam.*** Cute :-). Wonderful portrait. Yours.

Andrew said...

A beautiful image Bob..
It's a difficult bird to see never mind capture with the camera..

laurak@forestwalkart said...

terrific picture!
by reading the comments, i guess it's kind of rare to SEE this bird? much less get a picture of it??!
well...it's not too surprising that YOU got a wonderful picture of it. now i'd like to see what's at the bottom half of that loooong neck!

joo said...

Wow, Bob! It's terrific! Well, your photos are always terrific actually:)

Betty Manousos@ Cut and Dry said...

MARVELLOUS!!

always amazed by your photos.

Carmen Negoita said...

Brilliant photo, Bob!
Have a nice weekend!

Daniel said...

Great capture ol'pixal guru! :)

Antonio Puigg said...

Que bonito documento Bob del Avetoro tal como se llama aqui en España.Un saludo

Pantherka said...

Bob, this is a beautiful bird ... and the long neck ... beautiful photo.
Greetings.

veredit said...

WOW!!! awesome image ... I love it!

BlueShell said...

I enjoyed it Bob. Really!
have a good night!
Tomorrow is another day - Hope you got everything you want!
Hugs

Pantherka said...

You are quite right, I agree with you, and I changed the verification, at least I hope ... :-)

Gillian Olson said...

Beautiful shot Bob! Weather here ugly too.

Tammy said...

Beautiful Bittern Bob! I missed a good shot of one this morning as it flew right by me, right into the reeds, where I could not longer see it:) I'll just enjoy your photo!

Rohrerbot said...

That is one hot shot!!! They are so difficult to catch in the reeds. When an Arizonan spots a Bittern, they wet themselves. Seriously.

Phạm Minh Tâm said...

@ Vatinam +
Wish you a good day and full of joy...

Hilda R.B said...

Beautiful work!!
Like it.
Greetings from Hilda

Claudia said...

Really beautiful work, Bob!

Noushka said...

Magnificent!
The coloring of the feathers make him disappear if he stays still!
Great" catch"!
Cheers, Bob!

Lindsey said...

wonderful detail - I'd never have seen a bittern if not for you! Captain Beefheart rocks...

waldlaeufer68 said...

Für mich ein absoluter Eye-catcher
Grüsse Frank

For me, an absolute eye-catcher
regards Frank

Abhinav said...

Awesome photographs... Great !
Rhythm of Nature

Tycho Fernandes said...

Certainly a beautiful bird to a "bad day"!

Kungsfiskaren said...

Hi Bob!
Stunning photo of the bittern.
Greetings from sweden
/ingemar

Dave said...

WOW! I've never been able to get that close to a Bittern. What a wonderful shot...and Captain Beefheart too! Reminds me of high school...

Alexandra said...

Wow beautiful photos!

LG Alexandra

DeeBee L. said...

Such a looooong neck!

Gary said...

Greand close up Bob!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

Tiago Braga said...

great photo, lovely bird! its amazing the way how u can take photos to all of this birds

Tiago Braga said...

great photo, lovely bird! its amazing the way how u can take photos to all of this birds

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

And a long neck beauty ...

Stefan Pettersson/KK said...

Snygg bild på rördromen!
Lång hals!!

Hälsningar från Sweden!

Steffe

Helma said...

Only one word: WOW!!!