After my last post in August, i found out that there are two Gray Herons (EU) that frequent the local town lake. Keeping an eye out and with a bit of patience, i managed to capture dinner time. This was the 2nd time around at pretty much the same spot, while the 1st try had too much motion blur.

Looking for a cheap 200mm, i picked up a smc PENTAX-FA 70-200mm F4-5.6, which isn't great, but at least has auto focus and gets me close enough without scaring the animal away. Took some post processing to get it usable. RT 5.7, de-noise, de-fringe, de-haze, CA removed, exposure and a little crop.

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[PJ1]

That's a good sized fish. And a good capture. It is hard to get these shots and perfection (like not being backlit) is too much to ask. I suppose the fish was not interested in the details of the PP.

[K1N8]

That's a good sized fish. And a good capture. It is hard to get these shots and perfection (like not being backlit) is too much to ask. I suppose the fish was not interested in the details of the PP.

Thanks PJ. Maybe on a sunny evening, at a different spot i might get lucky again. What bugged me most is this top-down angle, when i wanna be on eye level.