Egret Perched

Gallery: AvianPosted July 28, 2017134 views8 comments

While photographing some Egrets at Assateague NWR in Virginia this month, one of the Egrets decided he would take a break from fishing and land into a tree nearby. I was shooting on tripod, early morning light, with Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 100-400 mm lens with 1.4 teleconverter, at 300 mm (he was so close to me). Cropped to 75% for better framing. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

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8 comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on July 28, 2017 at 3:04 PM

This looks a lot better in the larger image. I think the whites are a little hot in a few spots. But in general, I really like the pose and the composition. The perch works well and the background allows the bird to stand out well in the image.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on July 28, 2017 at 4:01 PM

The larger version of this is excellent. Great detail, good choice of composition. You've got a good combination of a small amount of leaves with the Egret but a good background further away.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 28, 2017 at 5:55 PM

A very nice composition and superb detail in the Egret and perch, Shirley. To my eye, the egret seems a bit too yellow even for early morning light. You might want to play with the white balance or color temperature a bit. A fine image in any case.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on July 28, 2017 at 7:01 PM

Thank you, David, Barbara and Dennis. I noticed the feathers too, and just thought it was because of the early morning light. I went in and worked on the local saturation, etc. See if this is an improvement.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on July 28, 2017 at 7:02 PM

Okay, it helps if you attach the file!!!

Registered on May 27, 2017, 77 Posts, 844 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 29, 2017 at 12:34 AM

Very nice image of the egret NOT in the water.
Fine detail and pose.
Hard to tell, but seems from here to need a bit of CCW rotation.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 29, 2017 at 6:49 PM

Nicely done with the repost which looks more natural to me Shirley, good detail and framing. devil

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on July 30, 2017 at 4:01 AM

The first post is very nice but the re-work is exceptional, Shirley! The white balance adjustment and the "cooled" hot spots really made a difference. An interesting pose and great detail also. Well done!

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