Hi,

I have just arrived home from a holiday with the family in Sweden. I love that country. I just couldn’t leave my stuff at home, so I was out shooting on some evenings and mornings. We camped at a lake where a pair of Common Cranes with a young resided. Although extremely shy I could get this shot of one of the parents with the young. It took me three efforts and some luck, but they eventually popped out of the forrest just 20 meters next to me! Luckily I heard them before they saw me and thanks to my camouflage they were not scared away by my appearance or that of my big lens.

Cheers, Niels

In February-March 2008 I took part in a Wetlands International mission to Southern Sudan. Additionally I undertook my own expedition to the western fringes of the Sudd Marshes, one of the largest wetlands in the world. The report on that trip is available for download here.

Cheers,

Niels Gilissen