Egret Tends Nest

Gallery: AvianPosted April 28, 201195 views6 comments

This images was taken last week at the rookery in High Island Texas. Comments and suggestions welcomed and encouraged.

I just realized that I was shooting on Med-RAW 10 mega pixels instead of RAW 18 mega pixels, but I'm going to post anyway.

Maybe that why I did not have as much noise as I usually see.

7D, 500mm F/4 L
F/9.0, 1/2000, -1.33, ISO 400
Gitzo Tripod w/Wimberly

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Clayton Musgrove on April 28, 2011 at 7:46 PM

I love this shot Dottie. I'm not sure it suffered from lack of resolution at all. You might be able to bring out more detail in the whites on her back for some improvement. I would be way tickled with this shot.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 28, 2011 at 9:01 PM

Image quality looks just fine to to me, Dottie. I really like that the eggs are visible. The dark background really helps the Egret stand out well. Excellent job on the exposure. I do wish that stick was not intersecting the bill, but this is great as posted.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on April 28, 2011 at 11:02 PM

I love it Dottie, wonderful detail shows in the larger image.... you have to love the nesting capture w/eggs. Great job!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 28, 2011 at 11:31 PM

The eggs make the shot. Well done!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Dottie,
the bird stands out very well from the dark background, the detail seems excellent and the nest with eggs is great.
Well done.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on April 29, 2011 at 9:33 PM

Nice image Dottie. Getting a glimpse of those blue eggs really sets this off. Nice detail in the Egret. You've done a good job of getting the bird in the open. There gets to be a lot of vegetation on High Island at this time of year and it can be tough to get a clean shot.

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