Coming in to land

We stopped at a nature reserve at one point on our travels (to my shame, I didn't take a note of the name :-[ ) because Lester was feeling a bit tired after a broken night's sleep. I left him in the car in peace while he caught up with his sleep and spent a happy hour watching the birds on the lake - and taking photos.
There's a photo of him/her just landing here : http://365project.org/dulciknit/on-the-day-extr/2012-09-16

Many, many thanks for the views, kind comments and favs on the photos I've posted. Each one is very much appreciated and treasured.

[carol white]

Great timing,super B/W shot!!

[Chris]

Following you because I love melodeons! But the photos are good too! I love the diversity and my word don't you travel about - Southend one minute, Southampton the next.. Very interesting.

[Claire]

What a perfect capture, you can almost see the concentration in the birds eyes

[Jean Tookey]

A great capture. I wonderif the bird in the water is offering advice on landing.

[Rosie Kind]

Fabulous shot - fav

[Robin]

Great in-flight capture, Alison.

[Brian Baptie]

Hope Lester enjoyed his shut eye. Great shot too Alison!!

[Ulpi]

Great shot! Love the b&w!

[Netkonnexion]

Great in-flight shot. Cool work.

[Jennifer C]

well this is just beautiful and I love your processing too. Lovely young gull and action capture! Can picture Lester snoring in the car too

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@jenrobcarr Thank you, Jennifer :-)
A confession - Lester's not the one who snores. :-D

[Jennifer C]

@dulciknit ha great that you have a hubby who doesn't snore, no interrupted sleep for you!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@jenrobcarr No, he's the one who gets woken up, poor bloke!

[Anya]

Nicely captured!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@gooner46 Thank you, Chris. Lester's the melodeon player in the family. He's put up a lot of tunes on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/user/Goldswan if you fancy a look/listen.

[Roberta Clark Chalmers]

Great timing!

[Katie]

Perfect capture!