Cattle Egrets Mating

Gallery: AvianPosted May 6, 2012328 views10 comments

Lake Livingston Rookery. Accessible only by boat. May 2012

D4. ISO 800. 500/4 with 1.4x tc. f5.6 1/1250s. Monopod with ball head used. Lots of wind with boat twisting required frequent repositioning and seemed to work better than my tripod. I got 2 new grab anchors and am going to try to use one on each end of the boat for better stability. Trying to work on the best technique for this area.

Couple of branches cloned.

The cattle egret are truly transformed during mating season.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 6, 2012 at 9:28 AM

Good story and capture. Pretty birds in mate season.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 6, 2012 at 9:42 AM

Gorgeous colors in these egrets, nice job handling the exposure and great detail. Congrats on the new camera Angela-I'm sure you're loving it!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 6, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Gorgeous colors and a nice scene

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Well handled whites; nice detail. Impressive from a boat and monopod.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 6, 2012 at 12:44 PM

Perfect exposure, beautiful detail. It's so true about their being truly transformed.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 6, 2012 at 2:53 PM

Great capture you have here Angela ! Impressed

, cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 7, 2012 at 7:17 AM

Great breeding plumage Angela. Very cool shot all around.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on May 7, 2012 at 3:45 PM

I've never seen them in breeding plumage. Nice work capturing the colors and this behavior.

Max

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 7, 2012 at 10:05 PM

Beautiful birds and a great catch. Perfect poses to get the breeding colours, crests, and bright eyes.
Excellent!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Verdon on May 7, 2012 at 10:56 PM

Angela there thumbs up!!! Stunning managing of the whites, detail, reach colors and the intimacy moment make a NG worth to be published

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