Dancing Egret (踊ってる小鷺)

Drowned... (溺れた。。。)

Came across this unfortunate dog while at shooting in the creekbed 2 days ago. Notice the collar.
二日前、川の辺で撮影してた時、このかわいそうな犬を見つけた。首輪もある。。。

Night Fun #4 (夜撮影#4)

Night Fun #3 (夜撮影#3)

Open air cinema along the Ota River.
太田川での外の上映。

Food Fight: Kites v Crows (鳶対烏)

Last weekend when I was on my way home from the photography club trip, I stopped to watch the kites and the crows fighting over the dead fish that for some reason were strewn all along the river banks. Crows often hassle the kites when they fly through their air space, and the kites just fly away. But this time the tables were turned, and the kites were very aggressively fighting off the crows who were sneakily trying to snatch the fish away from the kites. I was too far away, and the pics are cropped and enlarged, so they are not great quality, but you can still see what is going on. It was very amusing.
先週末、写真部の撮影会の帰りに、川で鳶と烏の喧嘩を見てた。何故か分からんけど死んだ魚はあちこちにあって、鳶と烏がいっぱいおった。普段は、烏が鳶を追いかけて逃がすけど今回は、逆で鳶の方が攻撃してた。遠くて、写真を拡する必要があったからあんまり綺麗な写真でもないけど、その内容は面白いと思う。まあ、見るのはとても面白かった。

Kingfisher (カワセミ)

I went back down to the same spot I took those egret photos the next day, and got a few good shots of some black kites, but I quite like this shot. I spotted this little kingfisher sitting in the shade on a rock. The shot was a bit dark, and my zoom not big enough, but I quite like this. You can see the kite shots in the following gallery:
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大鷺を撮った次の日、同じ場所に行ってみた。こんどは鳶とかの写真も撮れたけどこのカワセミの写真が気に入った。陰に座ってたし、望遠は足りんかったし、あんまりはっきり見えないけどこの写真が好き。鳶とかの写真を見たいなら上のリンクをクリックして。

Great Egret #2: Kiss my... (大鷺 #2)

Another shot from the same session 2 days ago.

この間のやつ。

Great Egret #1 (大鷺： 命！！)

Well I got my new Nikkor 18-200mm lens last week and had been raring to get out and give it a spin. I went down to the river today and spend a couple of hours stalking this fella. After a while he got quite used to me and I was able to get pretty close. I wish the lens had a bit more reach on it, but the results were much better than my Tamron 28-300mm lens. Very clear shots.

先週、新しいレンズを買った。Nikkor 18-200mm。今まではTamron 28-300mmを使ってたから、そのレンズとの違いを見たかった。そのために川に行ってこの大鷺を二時間位追いかけた。結構近くまで行って撮れたのでとても嬉しかった。かなり奇麗な写真が撮れた。この大鷺は命のポーズしてる！