Egret Splash

Gallery: AvianPosted March 18, 20081,821 views24 comments

Snowy Egret fishing the shores of a local lake. Comments/critiques always appreciated.

Canon 40D, 400mm f5.6L at 5.6, 1/1200, iso400.

Comments

24 comments

Comment posted by Judith Russell-Too on March 18, 2008 at 7:02 PM

Perfect reflections. Is this real, or a fairytale. Just beautiful.

Registered on November 10, 2007, 129 Posts, 403 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on March 18, 2008 at 7:26 PM

Fantastic! The colours are exquisite and the reflection makes it doubly good.

Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments

Comment posted by Gail Diane Yovanov on March 18, 2008 at 7:54 PM

Beautiful capture in every way, Greg. Just beautiful...

Cheers....Gail.

Registered on February 21, 2007, 4 Posts, 17 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on March 18, 2008 at 8:38 PM

Splendid Greg. The splash, reflection, water color and the exposure are wonderful IMO.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on March 18, 2008 at 8:53 PM

Great capture, Greg. The reflection, the water splashing. all is perfection

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Gaurav Manglik on March 18, 2008 at 9:57 PM

really nice clean reflection and water drops. Exposure is spot on too.

Registered on December 2, 2005, 191 Posts, 2126 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 18, 2008 at 9:59 PM

Great catch, Greg. You caught the plunge perfectly. I like the splash and the reflection is great too!

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Lovas on March 18, 2008 at 11:10 PM

Just gorgeous....beautiful...quality of light, color, sharpness/detail, reflection, pose, water droplets...perfect.

Registered on December 30, 2007, 27 Posts, 176 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 19, 2008 at 12:46 AM

I dunno, do you think it's sharp enough?

Great reflection, Greg. Just incredible all around.

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Comment posted by Paul Inglis on March 19, 2008 at 7:50 AM

Hi Greg,

Superb capture!

Registered on October 23, 2007, 26 Posts, 2832 Comments

Comment posted by Don Mullaney on March 19, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Great capture, whites, reflection etc. etc........You caught it all!

Registered on January 21, 2008, 72 Posts, 124 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 19, 2008 at 10:26 PM

This is absolutely beautiful Greg. Congrats on an all around superb shot.

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

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 20, 2008 at 9:48 AM

Outstanding image, the water is incredible, whites handled extremely well. Those water droplets in the air really make this zing.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Laredo on March 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM

Excellent timing and the reflection and water drops are a nice bonus.

Registered on March 18, 2008, 71 Posts, 332 Comments

Comment posted by Alan Bryant on March 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM

What a awesome image.

Love everything about it

Registered on March 31, 2006, 473 Posts, 1081 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 23, 2008 at 9:42 PM

This is a gorgeous image Greg, big congrats

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on March 24, 2008 at 9:33 PM

Beautiful throughout - great frozen action, great color in the reflection and spot on exposure. Congrats on the EP.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 25, 2008 at 5:11 AM

A glorious image Greg.

Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on March 25, 2008 at 6:04 AM

Congratulations Greg. I can't imagine a more perfect combination of elements. Stunningly caught.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on March 25, 2008 at 10:01 AM

One of the most beautiful photos that I have ever seen. Bravissimo!
Cheers.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on March 30, 2008 at 12:15 AM

Perfect image! Love the colors of the water and the reflection. I especially like the drops of water caught in mid-air.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 5, 2008 at 2:38 PM

Perfect! somehow missed this before..
congrats on a well-deserved EP !
Sandy R

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Taylor on July 31, 2010 at 4:37 PM

Great reflection

Registered on July 31, 2010, 5 Posts, 91 Comments

Comment posted by Ry Birge on October 14, 2017 at 10:41 PM

Wow, what a shot. Composition is superb, and those reflections, spectacular! Keep up the good work

Registered on September 23, 2017, 118 Posts, 278 Comments