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Having seen the Telegraph photo I must agree that it was poor. Especially as the guy was sat centre hide with his massive lens hanging on a gimbal head and tripod for over an hour. (We know this because we were stood at the back fighting to poke our lenses past people's heads for nearly an hour). We all know how hard it is to photograph birds, so it's not the fact he missed a shot, it's that he had a loooong time to review, check and try different options ...and he apparently didn't, if that's the best he got.
On a sobering point, my friend Mike, who accompanied Graham and I, spent a few moments totting up the equipment value in the hide. He estimated there was at least £100,000 on show. ( including several 800mm lenses!) Poor old photographers.
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Eric