Great Egrets

Gallery: AvianPosted November 22, 2010112 views11 comments

Found a feeding spot yesterday, where tons of egrets had gathered. They fished and non stop fought. One would seem to get jealous if another caught a fish.
Anyway the scene was both backlit and front lit, depending on where the action happened. Mish mash of extreme light situations.
This image involves two egrets, with two more, one fg and one, bg.

D700 300mm2.8 1.4 TC f/5.6 1/2000 sec ISO 800

btw, that lens combo can tire the shoulder after an hour or so of handholding.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on November 22, 2010 at 4:28 PM

Great light and awesome action-a real killer shot Wayne!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 22, 2010 at 7:05 PM

Interesting light and action Wayne. Must admit though that my eye finds it to be a little confusing - maybe just me...

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on November 22, 2010 at 9:18 PM

I like the action, the light and all the flying water but it is hard for me to "read" what is going on here.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 22, 2010 at 11:45 PM

I think this is really spectacular and unique Wayne. Did you do anything in post processing to accentuate the difference in lighting? A wonderful image, congrats.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 23, 2010 at 4:46 AM

A very unique image Wayne. The only nit I really have is that I cannot really tell what birds are what in the shot except for the lit up individual. Tough lighting and I think you made the most of it.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on November 23, 2010 at 8:52 AM

Thanks for the interest.
There was so much going on in this series of shots and such extremes in lighting, that in this image I darkened the whole thing, yet the main subject(actually three wings and one head and neck) maintained most of its brightness. I simply painted those areas back a bit.
With this treatment I found value in the image's parts, which when combined with the darker forms seemed to accentuate the action.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on November 23, 2010 at 9:54 AM

Excellent action shot with some superb light, nice one Wayne.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on November 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM

I like it something different really makes you look into the image to find the birds in this sort of light, and I love the one that is lit up

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM

Wayne,
I really like this action shot. Great work.

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on November 23, 2010 at 11:27 PM

A very cool capture, Wayne. The contrasting bird and background make for a really unique image.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 24, 2010 at 9:42 PM

Just love it. The light, the action, the wings, the water. I don't think you have to "know" what's going on to appreciate the action here. Love that dark background.

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