dipper

If it's Wednesday it must be Dipper day! On my usual walk along the river - light not too good today though.

Cropped a bit.

I've been taking little walks along the river here lately. Rarely do I not see a Dipper but they're usually on the far side of the river, this one was a tad closer, more in the middle. Aperture Priority, Spot Metering, F6.3, 1/50 sec, -1.0EV

Always nice to have something to capture during winter. ;); Very dark setting so only 1/25 sec.

A young Dipper on the edge of a waterfall.

after 15 hours of rain i wish it would freeze!! ;);

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Coming really close,not yet aware of dangerous photographers. ;);

Juvenile Dipper

All gone from my local patches now,have to wait until october for their return.

Bit of a funny pose from this one.

Both Ken & I had brilliant time watching & photographing this wonderful bird of the rivers. Been busy this morning, off out again now, so catch up later.

Been capturing Dippers for 3 days now,wanted a shutter speed of 1/15 sec but it was impossible to get this action sharp enough so i had to settle for 1/50 sec.

I've seen at least three young ones,maybe there's more,they are sometimes hard to find and well camouflaged.

First day out of the nest for the young one,been watching them for two weeks now and yesterday they made an appearance. Some habitat too,a thundering waterfall!

I am not very happy with the dipper shots I took on that day. The ISO was too high and my hands must have been shaking a bit when I took these pictures. Still, here's one of them.

Swimming / wading along the river with a small catch.

Having more of a paddle than a dip.

Another shot from my day with the Dippers, catch up later.

Another Dipper from Kens `Dipper Falls` taken from a very low viewpoint.