"That's it - thank you!" by karlabu

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 05, 2009

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"Come on, do it... please..." - "What??" said the young boy who just passed by. "Forget it, I talked to this bird." I said. "You talked... to the BIRD???" - "Yeah... animal photographers sometimes do strange things." I said with a grin. "Ok then" the boy (and his mother) laughed. When I arrived at the Berggarten (a botanical park in Hannover-Herrenhausen), this dunnock sat on the stone before searching for food again. "Ok" I thought, "this will be a perfect pic!", sat down on the cool ground and waited. The dunnock vanished in a big bush but returned some minutes later. "Yes, do it again..." I murmured - when a passenger with his dog approached (normally dogs aren't allowed in this park!?). Gone was the dunnock. The man said "What a wonderful day, isn't it?" - I was able to answer "Y-yes, wonderful..." 15 minutes... The dunnock appears again, approaching the stone - and 20 kids from a school's class come around the corner. Bye bye dunnock, see you later... One of the kids looking at me, asking "Isn't it a bit cold there, on the ground...?" I open my mouth to say something intelligent but instead of that I close my mouth again. "Let's look for the squirrels!" the teacher shouts and I don't disagree... 25 minutes... The dunnock enters the stone, unbelieveable. Camera up, focussing - the dunnock is gone. A gardener looking at me, lifting his eyebrows and excusing "Oh SHIT... I'm very sorry, I didn't recognize..." - "Hey, no problem!" I manage to answer. 40 minutes... "Come on little guy/gal, you did it when I came here, you can do it again... please...? One more time...? Just for me...?" The dunnock appears, two older men come around the corner - "STOP!!!" (the men freeze, so does the dunnock) "Can you wait there please, just a minute??" The dunnock jumps onto the stone - CLICK. "That's it - thank you!" Some pics not only keep memories but a whole story "behind the scenes". There's another pic with a similar time I've waited for the perfect moment (a heron in flight), but this one topping all. ;) Hope you have a great start into the new week - thanks for looking! Regards, Karsten

Comments (24)

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GiMi53

5:04AM | Mon, 05 January 2009

I was really laughing at your story "behind the scene" Excellent bird portrait ! :~)

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durleybeachbum

5:11AM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Such a great story, Karsten! And the picture... well it was worth every moment of the wait! I talk to anything with a pulse.

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Meisiekind

5:32AM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Oh Karsten - the frozen bum was so worth it... I love the story and the image is W O W !!!! A def fave for me!!!! :)

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flora-crassella

6:09AM | Mon, 05 January 2009

wonderful bird! Great photo!!! Really fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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tizjezzme

6:21AM | Mon, 05 January 2009

I was glued to your story; it sounds so typical of what I go through!!! But i think you have a bit more patience and forgiveness LOL I could have given up; but now after hearing your story, I may just sit on the ground a while and see if I have just as good a luck. This photo was SOOO worth the trouble you ran into; its absolutely perfect!!

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