Early morning flight of a Least Bittern, and reflection: Least Bittern and reflection, flying directly into the morning light. These little guys are usually hard to find, lucky today.

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Early morning flight of a Least Bittern, and reflection.

Mar 14, 2022 06:50:35 #

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Least Bittern and reflection, flying directly into the morning light. These little guys are usually hard to find, lucky today.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 @ 200mm f6.3, 1/1000 sec. ISO 320, Continuous auto focus, zone focus system, 20 fps, aperture priority
Used object select in photoshop to brighten up the reflection a bit

Mar 14, 2022 06:59:15 #

jrvinson45 Loc: Buckeye, AZ

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing manipulating the reflection makes it even more stunning.
JohnV

Mar 14, 2022 10:55:51 #

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nice. I don't recall having seen a BIF of a Bittern before.

Mar 14, 2022 11:50:24 #

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Wow! Great photo!

Mar 14, 2022 19:03:03 #

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Very nicely done

Mar 15, 2022 08:19:20 #

tcthome Loc: NJ

Very nice work!

Mar 15, 2022 08:27:10 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice reflection!

Mar 15, 2022 08:51:11 #

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

kpmac wrote:

Nice. I don't recall having seen a BIF of a Bittern before.

It is a beautiful photo! The least bitterns - at least the ones around here - are generally seen only as they fly quickly from the unseen back of one set of reeds or cattails to the back of another set and then quickly disappear into the middle of the growth. Very hard to know where they will be to get a BIF photo!

Mar 15, 2022 10:28:54 #