Old Nog...

Whilst at Gartmorn Dam at the beginning of the week, spotted this heron landing on a dead tree just as dusk was falling...

"Old Nog" was the name given to this bird in "Tarka the Otter" by Henry Williamson which we read at school and, for some reason, it has stuck in my head ever since...

"Twilight over meadow and water, the eve-star shining above the hill, and Old Nog the heron crying kra-a-ark! as his slow wings carried him down to the estuary."

Canon 5D with 200mmL.

Old Nog by Douglas McMann, on Flickr

 

Very nice shot Dougie, and especially meaningful with your personal recollection and the quote.

 

Agreed. That's a bonnie shot. 5D, eh? Posh.

 

Cheers Rob & Brian...

Posh...????

Hardly...2nd owner...built in 2005...not exactly cutting edge...

 

Sorry. I thought they were over five grand.

 

The new models probably do retail for around that bracket...but mine is a lowly Mk.0 which I picked up for a couple of hundred...

...after all, I'm a Fifer....

 

Understood...

 

What a stunning silhouette and I do like the way you have used literary links in a couple of your recent images.

 

A very nice, no beautiful image. I am glad you did not make it proper as some would. The colours are great and a very fine composition. Merry Christmas.

 

Very nice image. The silhouette works really well.

 

stunning silhouette.

 

Wonderful composition.

Tony

 

Thanks folks...beginning to get to grips with this 200mm...(it's not the Jupiter 135, but it'll suffice...)