Success, of a sort

Another trip out to the cove on a very quiet morning. Fish were literally jumping out of the water. While I normally like to set the ASA to 800 max for moving birds, the lower light called for bumping it up to 1600. The D-300 doesn't perform that well at 1600, in my opinion, but I thought I'd give it a try. With aperture control set, the shutter speed registered 250 sec., while 500 sec. is usually the slowest I like to see, but..............

The shutter speed was almost fast enough to catch a sharp eye on the heron rising up out of the water with a fish.

This guy actually ran on top of the water with a little lift from his wings.

Back to the safety of the dock with the catch,

and then a post breakfast fly-over.

These guys are cool.

Since I had the spot to myself with out the presence of even a solitary fisherman fishing on the banks, I'm sure there could have been a lot more opportunities. My back was hurting though, so I decided to call it a day. All in all, not too bad for a little over an hours worth of work.