Snowy Battle

Gallery: AvianPosted October 22, 2010133 views13 comments

High Island. Upper Texas Coast. May 2010.

D3 ISO 640 300/2.8 with 2x tc f8 1/1600 -0.7

3 Snowy Egrets in breeding plumage battle it out for the perch. The one entering the image chased off the one leaving , but the guy in the middle held his ground.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 22, 2010 at 11:25 PM

Very cool to get 3 like this and all in good focus too, neat shot Angela

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 22, 2010 at 11:55 PM

Gorgeous, Angela. Great composition and getting all three birds in crisp focus and beautifully exposed is amazing.

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Comment posted by István Molnár on October 23, 2010 at 12:33 AM

Nice moment!
István

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 23, 2010 at 6:01 AM

Wow! Incredible focus and just incredible beauty.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 23, 2010 at 7:53 AM

Great interest with all this action/interaction Angela!
Excellent DOF with all three in sharp focus, nicely exposed

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on October 23, 2010 at 8:14 AM

Wow! Talk about capturing action! Quite an accomplishment, Angela.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on October 23, 2010 at 8:46 AM

This is really nice. I like the interplay between the 3 egrets. Sometimes highlights in the background like the ones in this image distract me. In this image I think they work as they tend to look like repeating patterns of the birds. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM

Angela,

How great to get all this action plus get all three of the bird in focus! I like the composition you used and the different poses of the egrets a lot. The one suggestion I have is that the image seems a bit on the cool side and I might try to warm it up slightly, but that is minor.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 23, 2010 at 4:40 PM

Wonderful shot! Great action. Really well done, Angela.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 23, 2010 at 5:10 PM

Excellent behavior action, nice work Angela!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on October 23, 2010 at 5:24 PM

Angela, I've been trying to get an image like this one for a while. Congratulations! Perfect exposure, and I know how difficult this can be with contrasty scene. Love the story behind the antics of these three. The large image shows the real quality of the image.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on October 23, 2010 at 8:33 PM

A very very difficult image to capture. Great shot --Good BG all in focus -- One to be very proud of.

Dan

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM

Super job getting such dynamic postures from all three birds, getting them sharp, well separated and clipping nothing Angela.

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