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Couldn't wait! This is the prize I was hoping to photograph this year. Third time lucky, and it was a very lucky encounter!
I had been walking around Bentley Wood vainly hoping I would catch a glimpse and spent a long time at the ponds while at least 20 other people were also searching out on the rides and in the car park. Finally I decided to continue the walk, taking my favourite ride back avoiding the gravel path.
Towards the end I saw a young lady with a dog waving frantically, so I hurried towards her to find this beauty which had been feeding for a good 10 minutes in her company. She asked me to keep watch while she fetched some others from the car park and I had a few minutes to rattle off some shots, even having time to switch to the macro lens.
As the others arrived, I sat poised hoping he would open his wings and for just a second he obliged while I shot continuous hoping to freeze at the moment the sun reflected purple off his wings. I couldn't, and didn't, ask for more....
So thank you very much Lesley for waving and sharing this delightful encounter.
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Couldn't wait! This is the prize I was hoping to photograph this year. Third time lucky, and it was a very lucky encounter!
I had been walking around Bentley Wood vainly hoping I would catch a glimpse and spent a long time at the ponds while at least 20 other people were also searching out on the rides and in the car park. Finally I decided to continue the walk, taking my favourite ride back avoiding the gravel path.
Towards the end I saw a young lady with a dog waving frantically, so I hurried towards her to find this beauty which had been feeding for a good 10 minutes in her company. She asked me to keep watch while she fetched some others from the car park and I had a few minutes to rattle off some shots, even having time to switch to the macro lens.
As the others arrived, I sat poised hoping he would open his wings and for just a second he obliged while I shot continuous hoping to freeze at the moment the sun reflected purple off his wings. I couldn't, and didn't, ask for more....
So thank you very much Lesley for waving and sharing this delightful encounter.