Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Canon 800mm f5.6 for 1/640th @ iso400
Seconds before taking the photo the Grebe scene had been up at 1/2000th of a second, but as the Grebe zoned in on the damsel fly resting to the left of the photo on the surface of the water, a lone cloud went over the sun. The Grebe closed on the tasty snack and I clicked the shutter, no time to up the iso.
Back on the other pond the Great Crested Grebes are incubating eggs, unaware of the impending doom that will befall the nest, the British weather. A short video of the changeover at the nest can be found here.
Seconds before taking the photo the Grebe scene had been up at 1/2000th of a second, but as the Grebe zoned in on the damsel fly resting to the left of the photo on the surface of the water, a lone cloud went over the sun. The Grebe closed on the tasty snack and I clicked the shutter, no time to up the iso.
Back on the other pond the Great Crested Grebes are incubating eggs, unaware of the impending doom that will befall the nest, the British weather. A short video of the changeover at the nest can be found here.