About three weeks ago we did an excursion to the Isteiner Schwellen. There is a short article on Wikipedia in german, too. This is a nice place of rapids at the old arm of the Rhine near Basel and Freiburg im Breisgau. As this is a natural protection area there are a lot of birds there.

The heron was feed with meat by people who come there every day. Unfortunately, a lot of the photos I shot of the heron are not focused well or do have motion blur. The one published here is the only one more or less sharp.

Mainly I made some wide angle shots here — disregarding the photographs of the birds. Sometimes using my hat as “tripod”.

I have some more photos of those days in Freiburg in my Gallery.