Got one

Gallery: AvianPosted September 3, 2012178 views5 comments

I found this Great Egret fishing quite successfully. He grabbed this fish which was a little problomatic to swallow and it was clear it was flopping around inside the egret by his behavior after swallowing it.

Nikon D300 1/800 F6.3 ISO 1250 Nikon 200-400 w 1.4 teleconverter
A little NR added due to the ISO.

I like this with the bird in his environment.

Comments and critiques please. Always learning.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 3, 2012 at 7:44 PM

Nice catch for both of you Andrew.
Great natural habitat and low light work

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on September 3, 2012 at 7:53 PM

Andrew,

Great moment of capture. The NR has taken a life of its own here. Selective NR without bird would improve this Andrew.

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Cordes on September 3, 2012 at 8:58 PM

Great action! Image is nice and sharp, but looks a tad bright on my monitor.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 451 Posts, 3366 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on September 4, 2012 at 12:51 PM

Andrew,
Great action shot and I like the head on position of the Egret, It really gives a good capture of the fish. I am curious about the fishing line hanging there, any other shots that explain it?

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on September 5, 2012 at 9:10 AM

Nice shot. The bird looks great and you have great detail on "dinner". I use the exact same camera, lens and TC combo that you do.

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments