90599 American Bittern
Shots like this finally convinced me to ditch my old Tamron 200-400mm lens and upgrade to a Nikon. I loved the versatility of that lens, but optically it wasn't great. Fully extended for this shot of a bittern in the everglades, it displays an annoying lack of sharpness. But I will hang on to this image until I get lucky with another bittern. They are elusive; more than once I've unwittingly flushed one because it blended in so well with its surroundings that I had no idea it was there. Although I made this shot in Florida, I have seen them in several BC locations - Pitt Polder, Reifel Sanctuary, along the dikes in Richmond - always in cattail marshes. This Florida bird, however, was the most habituated I've ever come across.
Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, February 2002.
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90599 American Bittern
Shots like this finally convinced me to ditch my old Tamron 200-400mm lens and upgrade to a Nikon. I loved the versatility of that lens, but optically it wasn't great. Fully extended for this shot of a bittern in the everglades, it displays an annoying lack of sharpness. But I will hang on to this image until I get lucky with another bittern. They are elusive; more than once I've unwittingly flushed one because it blended in so well with its surroundings that I had no idea it was there. Although I made this shot in Florida, I have seen them in several BC locations - Pitt Polder, Reifel Sanctuary, along the dikes in Richmond - always in cattail marshes. This Florida bird, however, was the most habituated I've ever come across.
Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, February 2002.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.
© All rights reserved