Evening Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted April 28, 2010117 views9 comments

I stopped at my parents the other night and had a little time to shoot so I went to the very small local pond in hopes of finding some turtles to no avail. There was however a Great Egret (which I've seen there once before) that some little kids were sort of chasing around which gave me a nice flight shot chance.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/6.7
1/4000s (overkill)
ISO 800
-1.33 EC

Full Frame, sharpened bird, noise reduction on BG

- Luke

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on April 28, 2010 at 8:34 PM

Nice pose and good job on exposure. Also, you must have a very steady hand to get this comp full frame! Well done!

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on April 29, 2010 at 7:58 AM

Luke, Beautiful details and I like the lighting on the bird. I do wish it were angling toward you a bit more. Perfectly composed in camera.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 29, 2010 at 10:29 AM

Luke, I can't imagine getting this bird in flight, full frame and so well composed. Big kudos for that! On my monitor there seems to be a bright white edge to parts of the bird, particularly the neck. Not sure of the cause, or maybe it's just my eyes...

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on April 29, 2010 at 12:39 PM

Nicely done Luck. Like the trailing feathers.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 30, 2010 at 12:08 AM

great job keeping the bird in the frame here, Luke! and the 1/4000 works for me--very sharp.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 30, 2010 at 1:22 PM

What a contrast between the background and bird, great job on handling the whites, way to go.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on April 30, 2010 at 8:44 PM

Good shot, nice sharpness. Thanks for posting.

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Comment posted by Andrew Sentipal on April 30, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Beautiful bird. Love the in flight action.

Andrew

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on August 11, 2010 at 1:56 AM

Neat shot! Very well done.

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