Herons nest in tall trees around the estuary.

I managed to hide behind an old wreck, the Iverna, in my dinghy and find a suitable angle.

The light wasn't perfectly clear and the white egrets posed an exposure problem. So I tried to meter for them and recover the background during editing. In fact, I ended up slightly underexposed; about 1 stop brighter would have been better.

Because of the distance, even with a 500 mm lens, these shots have been considerably cropped.