Its nice to be colourful isn’t it…yeah! well the reason for the colourful banner is this bird ‘Grey Heron’ – when he perch he’s so plain like a skinny boring bird. But when he is in action expressing his whatever you will see the beauty – his head crest pops out like a crown with his large wing, his feather waving with the wind like a silk gown and his colour seem to be radiant….mmmm

couple months old chick with inmature crowns…cute

This work was done early this year and i was using Nikon D200 + Sigma 150-500 lens. Its breeding season then and i was having a wonderful time observing them – again time is always not on my side i never did photo the parents coming back with food. I waited and waited but no show….how come?

this parent looks after the chicks she goes off and on to bring back water under her belly – water the chicks…

looks like next round i need to camp out yah! this time it will be done with canon gear and HD video video documenting this bird is really difficult especially when you need expression otherwise its hours of stills – expression when food is being brought to them and when they are about to fledge. So its a pretty short film – i then added my so call ‘making of the grey heron’…lolz

Title: Searching for the Grey Heron – ‘The spot & setup’

I was able to find the right spot closes to the nest (as required full cover & hide) and got shots of the chicks but the surrounding is not adviseable its under the  nesting tree…wooow! ouch! ouch!

week old chicks

video: Searching for the Grey Heron – ‘parenting & chicks’ Pt II

again next roung early next year, if i get my 5d2 – i will redo all my work into

(with permission from Bro Romy)….oh yeah!

Thank you for reading ~ Novice at Work