This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Stillness.’ (See more offerings here.) It made me think of this scene.
I was out early one morning and stopped by the port at Kawaihae. There wasn’t much going on, but I was happy to see this adult black-crowned night heron perched on a rock in the shallows. It didn’t seem to be actively fishing.
Indeed, the heron remained mostly still. It was just dark enough for the lights of the port to illuminate the rippled waters inside the harbor. The port itself was also quiet. No boats moving, no trucks lining up, no machinery grinding. Just a couple of men fishing off the small boat dock.
Lovely captures of stillness, Graham! Herons and egrets can stand so stock still when they do.
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Love the first pic, the orange light sparkling in the waves makes it look quite magical, plus the heron’s strong stare.
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Thanks. I wanted to get it against that background and got there just in time really.
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