Getting closer!

[Bevb]

Every morning as soon as i get up i go into the kitchen put the camera on the work top near the backdoor as sometimes theres something worth shooting, i open the backdoor to give the feathered residents their tit bits (pieces of pastry) whilst the dogs mooch around, nothing changed this morning apart from when i opened the backdoor and i thought i was in Jurassic Park! this Heron was flying so low down the garden heading straight for me, i grabed the camera had'nt got time to check settings and fired away, at the last second it turned and went over the garage out of sight, it really took my breath away, i could see its eyes so closely, dont know why it was flying so low, although we do have them coming across the houses on their way back and forth to the river.

Taken with 100-400L with 1.4TC (which id left on from the day before)
The head shot is cropped, the other isnt, as i couldnt get it all in the frame.