American Bittern Lake Apopka
Aug 13, 2020 15:52:50 #
Don W-37 wrote:
Excellent shots of a well camouflaged species. Well done!
Cheers,
Don
Cheers,
Don
Thank you Don. Glad you liked them.
Aug 13, 2020 15:55:19 #
phv wrote:
Fantastic capture! I’ve only photographed one before, finally got him flying! I had scoped him out for months! Great shots!
Thank you very much, phv. I appreciate it. How do the BIF ones look?
Aug 13, 2020 16:43:32 #
Aug 13, 2020 17:54:50 #
JRiepe wrote:
Very nice shots.
Thanks again, JR. I appreciate it.
Aug 13, 2020 17:58:30 #
Aug 13, 2020 22:13:11 #
Aug 14, 2020 05:06:25 #
Paul Diamond
Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA
Very nice. Thought I'd photographed one a few weeks ago here in N. GA. Closer inspection of the photos and birding sources showed I had photographed a Lesser Bittern. My first.
Aug 14, 2020 14:45:38 #
Thanks. The lesser Bittern is even harder to catch. They are my wife's new favorite bird. We have recently photographed several of them here in Florida. Beautiful little guys!
Aug 14, 2020 19:13:39 #
Joe71
Loc: Winter Garden, Central Florida
Retired CPO wrote:
These are rarely seen because they blend in so well with their environment. But they are beautiful when you do see them.
I've only seen one at LAWD, but that was before I owned a camera. Now that I have one, I can't find a bittern anywhere. You got a couple of valuable shots.
Aug 14, 2020 20:27:31 #
Joe71 wrote:
I've only seen one at LAWD, but that was before I owned a camera. Now that I have one, I can't find a bittern anywhere. You got a couple of valuable shots.
Isn't that the way it goes?
We were there today and didn't see one. And we were looking! We have actually seen more Least Bitterns there than American Bitterns. We only saw a fleeting glimpse of one Least Bittern today. But we do have several photos of both types from different days, mostly from LAWD. I'm glad you liked my photos.Aug 15, 2020 13:21:58 #
Retired CPO wrote:
These are rarely seen because they blend in so well with their environment. But they are beautiful when you do see them.
pretty shots of it, rcpo...looks like you had some good lighting too.
Aug 15, 2020 16:07:13 #
merrytexan wrote:
pretty shots of it, rcpo...looks like you had some good lighting too.
Yep, great light and, I admit, I added a little color saturation. I wanted to high-light the beautiful patterns in a somewhat drab, secretive, bird. Maybe over-did it a bit?
Aug 15, 2020 16:09:41 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Yep, great light and, I admit, I added a little color saturation. I wanted to high-light the beautiful patterns in a somewhat drab, secretive, bird. Maybe over-did it a bit?
Not to my little eye.
Aug 15, 2020 20:33:11 #
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