Lunch at sunset

• Where was the image taken?

  Alanya, Turkey
• The bird in the photo

  Egretta garzetta (hu: Kis kócsag en: Little Egret)
• Story of the image

  The little egret is a permanent resident of Alanya’s tourist coastline. I observed it over the course of two years — it would let me get very close if I crawled. But the real problem was different: a crawling photographer attracts curious tourists, who constantly approach and cause the bird to fly off to another spot. Sunsets are another hallmark of Alanya, and I was lucky to capture a hunting scene backlit by the golden evening sun!

  Exif adatok

  Photo capture date

  2023-01-06T17:51:45

  Exposure time

  1/800s

  Focal Length

  400mm

  Flash

  Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode

  Camera make

  Canon

  Type of camera

  Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
• Category

  Madarak környezetben

• Fotós:

  Pavel Lychkousky

  I have been passionate about wildlife photography for about eight years. Most of my photographs were taken in my native Belarus, but recently I moved and am now looking for new places to shoot in other countries. I enjoy both "stalking" photography and sitting in a hide, observing wildlife without interfering with their world with my presence.