This morning I spent some time lying around in the reeds. Why? Because I wanted to make some shots of the Water Rail (Waterral). And I succeeded 😉  The sky was overcast and the sun did not show before midday. While making the shots at ISO’s from 1600 and up I felt not happy about this lack of light, however after seeing the pics at home I felt that without direct sunlight the colors are more balanced and there’s no shadows that are bothersome. All in all, it turned out, the shooting conditions were not that bad at all. When hurrying for an appointment later today in downtown Den Haag, I ran into our Queen – so after seeing the blue bird, I also saw some blue blood… And used my iPhone for a quick shot ;-)))