Urban Pollution Hunter<\/a> at the time and his good eyes were the first to spot them. I couldn’t get them both in the same shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOnly a couple of times have I seen a Heron up close that didn’t fly away. On this visit to the reserve a Grey Heron was on the same side of the river and didn’t seem bothered by me taking a few photos of it. Of course it could be that I just haven’t noticed them in the past and have walked by them as they watch quietly. So often it is movement that draws your attention to something and if they don’t move you don’t see them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of the photos were taken with a Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary lens. Because of the low light many of them were at very slow shutter speeds. 1\/60s at 600mm is not recommended. I will have to experiment with higher sensor sensitivity (ISO) to see how high I am prepared to set it before I am not happy with the quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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