Cattle Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted November 25, 20148,715 views22 comments

From last Spring. Going over old files and gleaning out a few. Not much outside for the last three days—rain.

I may have posted this back then, but I figure I am doing well if I can remember yesterday, let alone last May! So please forgive me if you have seen this before.

Thanks for looking. Please feel free to comment and critique.

Camera Info: Nikon D7100, HH
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal Length: 400mm
Focus Mode: AF-C
AF-Area Mode: Dynamic
VR: ON
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/400s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400
67% of full frame
PP in LR 5.7, PSCC 2014, Topaz filters

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on November 25, 2014 at 3:06 PM

Hey Phil,
You nailed this one,
The whites, the environment, the BG and the detail are all just perfect.

Man !

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Comment posted by John Robinson on November 25, 2014 at 3:11 PM

Great atmosphere on this one Phil. Lovely shot. My kind of BG too !
Right camera too !!! I,ve been tryingsome high ISO stuff on mine today. Not sorted yet.
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on November 25, 2014 at 3:57 PM

Like everything about this shot. Great job.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on November 25, 2014 at 4:10 PM

Great setting and perfect BG. Wonderful Philip.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on November 25, 2014 at 4:34 PM

This color palette is beautiful Phil. I like this a lot!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 25, 2014 at 6:09 PM

A wonderful portrait of this beauty Phil. I really like the soft light and eye level perspective you accomplished of the egret up in a tree.

Sweet One

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 25, 2014 at 6:45 PM

Real winner here Phil. You need to forget a few more and resurrect them later if this is the result. Well done.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on November 25, 2014 at 8:28 PM

Really nice Phil. All the elements come together so nicely in this image.

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on November 25, 2014 at 9:01 PM

Phil, this is stunning. The all-green canvas and OOF background highlight the bird beautifully.

Registered on November 5, 2014, 121 Posts, 352 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 26, 2014 at 1:13 AM

Phil,
An amazingly good shot, everything has been said

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 26, 2014 at 5:35 AM

Excellent image Phil. I like the Egret's pose, the dreamy background and the overall setting !

, Hans

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on November 26, 2014 at 9:55 AM

Nicely done with good environment to frame it, Phil.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on November 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM

Beautiful. Nothing I can add to what has already been said, except beautiful. Richard

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on November 26, 2014 at 1:18 PM

All the different shades of green really makes the white and tan feathers pop just the right amount. A wonderful feel good image, very easy on the eyes.

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 27, 2014 at 1:14 AM

This is gorgeous, Phil! The exposure is perfect and I like how the bird appears so soft (due to the flowing feathers) despite the sharp details. The colors are perfect and the complimentary background completes the scene and sets of the bolder evergreens in the foreground very well. Congratulations on this one!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 29, 2014 at 2:28 PM

Phil: Well I'm certainly not a bird guy but this is too good to pass. Love the subtle pastels in the feathers and the BG is wonderful. Superb image.>=))>

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on November 29, 2014 at 11:47 PM

Calm, pleasing and lovely. Very nice, Phil.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on November 30, 2014 at 11:41 AM

Phil,
very nice shot. I have never seen one this color.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on November 30, 2014 at 2:08 PM

The branches cradling the egret makes this image. Very well done.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 1, 2014 at 4:24 AM

Phil this looks as near perfect as you can get, cracking image.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 5, 2014 at 7:41 AM

Phil.
Congratulations on the WP, very well deserved

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 6, 2014 at 3:17 AM

Many congratulations on this WP ! Much deserved ! Cheers, Hans

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