Egret (with repost)

Gallery: AvianPosted June 25, 2010103 views10 comments

This Cattle Egret is in prime mating plumage and colors. Taken is a S. Louisiana swamp.
Ambient light only-Light clouds
Truck window with bean bag
1.7x teleconverter

Time: 4:24 PM
Model: D200
Flash Used: NO
Focal Length: 850mm (Nikon 500mm f/4 VRII + Nikon TC17EII)
Exposure Time: 1/500th sec
Aperture: f/6.7 (Wide Open)
ISO Equivalent: 280
Exposure Bias: +1/3
White Balance: Manual Direct Sunlight
Metering Mode: Matrix
Raw
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 25, 2010 at 8:47 PM

Very nice, Ronnie! You got a great setting for the egret. Great head turn, interesting perch and nice light. I also like the vertical composition. I only wish the left wing was not obscured by the branch.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 25, 2010 at 10:56 PM

Great bird. Excellent feather detail in the larger image. I have never seen a cattle egret showing this intensity of color here. Glad you shared it with us.

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Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on June 26, 2010 at 2:08 AM

Wonderful capture, Ronnie. Beautifully sharp; really nice colors too.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on June 26, 2010 at 3:22 AM

Beautiful shot, Ronnie. Very good light and then nice soft colors!
Mauro

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Comment posted by KC Choo on June 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM

Indeed, the bird is looking good and I like the soft colours here.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on June 26, 2010 at 9:56 AM

an interesting image with all those right angles, Ronnie. It almost seems like he's standing on a chair. very nice light, colors, and details. I wonder how this would look as a horizontal, cropping from the bottom up to just below the branch coming off on the right, taking a little off the top, and adding space on the left.

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 26, 2010 at 11:22 AM

Thanks Brian,
The original post was near full frame so I still had a good bit of pixels to work with.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 27, 2010 at 7:41 AM

The re-post looks very good. There is a bit of blown out highlights on the right wing, or at least on my monitor, which distracts just a little. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Dennis Binda on June 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM

just beautiful Ron, I like that soft light and the horizontal

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 27, 2010 at 7:19 PM

It amazes me how beautifully colored these guys are in breeding season compared to their drab appearance the rest of the year. The soft light and fresh cypress greens set this one off.

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