CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE An eagle eyed photographer always looks out for a mandarin who has just jumped in the water as a few seconds later he will flap his wings. sku 20016
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CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE A golden sunset was a perfect place for the mandarin to have a quick look at himself. sku 20017
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE This mandarin looks like he is floating is a sea of chocolate. sku 20018
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE With the autumn colours of the trees reflecting in the pond the mandarin wandered into the sky blue section of water. sku 20019
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE With a perfectly still mandarin the sat calmly for his portrait. sku 20020
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Like a sentry at his post this late afternoon greeted me with a rate close up portrait of this heron. The halo of blue sky reflection between the two tree reflections really enhances the overall scene. sku 60001
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE At the end of a busy sightseeing day - I went to the lake front and this heron was circling the fishermen and their catch. He would wait for the fishermen to do the HARD WORK of catching the fish and laying them out on the bank and then the heron would circle the f[...]
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The wing span of this bird is truly an amazing sight in this beautiful blue sky and clouds. The heron looks like a large jet airplane as it soars through the clouds. sku 60003
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE This heron is on his way to collect more branches to make his nest. When the heron flaps his wings and the photo is taken at that moment of a downward flap we see the full length of the wing. sku 60004
The wonder of high frames per second sees the wings at their highest. sku 60005
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The heron is a busy bird this time of year in mid January with his nest building. He scouts around and collects branches of the right size, drops off the branch at his nest and goes out again. sku 60006
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Stained glass windows give hazy shapes and colours as they reflect into a church. Once again a very close encounter with a heron which seemed to remind me of the stained glassed windows of a church. sku 60007
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE This photo was taken in Kent rather than Asia. To me it looks like a Japanese garden but careful composition can create an altered reality. sku 60008
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE As they say in life - in the case of a human being - one can just the mood of a person by their expression. Portraits tell a lot about a person and in birds - the portrait shows details that are not noticed when a bird is a fair distance away in the trees on an island[...]
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The heron is always on the look out for his next meal. He surveys the lake and watches all the other birds around. sku 60010
CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE I was overjoyed at the blurred trees in the background as well as the "bow and arrow" look of his branch. sku 60011