Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

[Nathaniel]

My richly endowed neighbour has a lovely garden and a pond well stocked with goldfish. This heron has struck it lucky by finding such easy prey in a pond. I was lucky enough to see what was happening from my upstairs window; I opened the window wide enough to let my lens through and took these photos. I could not have got these pictures at ground level as the Heron would have flown away- has done that before! Furthermore,one cannot really see the pond from ground level as my neighbour has got a better "Mexican" wall between us. I have to go round to his house- too late for such photos.

IMG_4385 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

IMG_4386 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

IMG_4388 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

IMG_4387 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

[tesarver]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Nicely documented series Nat

Tom

[Nathaniel]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Thanks Tom. This Heron is a lucky fellow.

[Trev B]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Very nice set Nat, are they a little over saturated the heron seems blue on my screen

[Nathaniel]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Thanks Trev. They look OK to me on my monitor. I can always reduce the saturation if necessary. I will take another look. Maybe the first picture might look a bit "blue" in comparion to the others.

[Nathaniel]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

I trust that this is OK.

IMG_4385 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

[Trev B]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Nat - That's better

[Nathaniel]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Thanks Trev.

[pelliott1954]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Well caught Nat, that could be my Pond, one of the Blighters had about 10 of my Fish a few months ago

Regards Paul

[Nathaniel]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Thanks Paul. I am surprised that my neighbour has not done anything about this unwelcome visitor, but keeps on introducing more goldfish into his pond!!!!!

[EOS_User]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Well done Nat; good documentary series. The rework is certainly better! If you're shooting in JPEG mode (which I think you do???) then check your 'Picture Styles' to ensure you haven't changed them somehow! 'Landscape' mode gives vivid greens & blues!!! Just a suggestion...

[Nathaniel]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Thanks Lee. I actually increased the contrast a bit and that caused the deeper "blue"!

P.S. I am also aware that the puritans amongst us would prefer ground level shots but in this instance that was simply not possible on account of the high wall between my neighbour and myself & even if I had to take the pics at ground level I'd have to go round to my neighbour by which time the Heron could have flown away. Furthermore I could not have got these particular shots.

[AndyMulhearn]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Nice set Nat. We have a pond and have to cover it with a heavy net to avoid this kind of thing happening. Herons are no respecters of property...

[Nathaniel]

Re: Some Herons are born lucky. This chap has got a Goldfish diet!

Thanks Andy. I think this is the " first time" that this kind of "thief" has been seen and photographed.