The Pose

Gallery: AvianPosted December 13, 201084 views4 comments

I shot this at the rookery at High Island Texas in April 2009. A number of the egrets were showing this posture. What does this signify?

Also I'm receiving comments on my posts that I over sharpen, but when I pull back it doesn't appear sharpened enough on my 27" iMac monitor. I use Nik plugin Sharpener Pro.

Please comment with your thoughts.

7D, 100-400 mm @ 285 mm
F/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 400
Gitzo tripod
PP PS-CS4 and Nik plugins

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 13, 2010 at 11:35 PM

Great pose, Dottie. I suspect it's a mating display, but it could be territorial. Unfortunately, we don't have them up here. I looked closely at the larger image, and the sharpening looks reasonable to me. I don't see anything that sticks out as a sharpening artifact. Excellent job on the exposure.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on December 13, 2010 at 11:42 PM

It is a mating display, although I've never known whether male or female. Nice shot.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 14, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Nice Sharpness and detail. I could not see anything on the larger image that would bother me with sharpening.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 14, 2010 at 11:01 PM

Nice image. Love the pose of the bird. Nice and sharp-and not overly so, giving great detail in the wings. High Island is great.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments