Serendipity
On the way home from a birthday weekend to a favourite hotel of mine in the Cotswolds my wife and I decided to break the journey with a visit to a stately home. When we walked around the ornamental lake I saw the unimistakable signs of bird photographers and thought, I wonder if they're looking at glossy ibis? Sure enough there were 4 or 5 of them putting on a nice show - seemingly feeding on tiny invertebrates but every now and again catching a reasonably sized fish. As luck would have it of course I didn't have a lens with a long reach, the best I had was a 300mm prime. First time I have seen them close up, I wasn't prepared for their lilac bills.
Serendipity
On the way home from a birthday weekend to a favourite hotel of mine in the Cotswolds my wife and I decided to break the journey with a visit to a stately home. When we walked around the ornamental lake I saw the unimistakable signs of bird photographers and thought, I wonder if they're looking at glossy ibis? Sure enough there were 4 or 5 of them putting on a nice show - seemingly feeding on tiny invertebrates but every now and again catching a reasonably sized fish. As luck would have it of course I didn't have a lens with a long reach, the best I had was a 300mm prime. First time I have seen them close up, I wasn't prepared for their lilac bills.