Reddish Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted August 25, 201175 views4 comments

Last Monday was the first morning in a while with no fog or overcast. The activity was very sparse until about an hour after sunrise when two Reddish Egrets arrived. This reddish entertained us for well over an hour. We captured a lot of good images and this is one of my favorites. I would have loved to got a lower POV but I could not because of the elevated trails at Bolsa Chica and having to extend the tripod to almost eye level so I could move up and down the trail to get the lighting correct. The light was starting to get a bit harsh when this image was taken but I think the exposure came out OK.

I cropped to about 60% of original to focus on the egret and decenter it a bit. Normal processing in LR3 and CS5.

Comments and Critiques are appreciated.

08-23-11 at 8:40 a.m.
Canon 7D with EF 500mm f/4L
1/200 at f / 5.6
ISO = 250
AV
Center-weighted Average metering
Exp. Comp. = 0
Tripod used

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 25, 2011 at 8:44 PM

That's a great wing display Skip. Sharpness looks good, esp considering the action and that SS. I like the frazzled look of the head feathers. I'm not much of a cloner but in this case I might consider getting rid of the two specular highlights above the bird.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 25, 2011 at 11:17 PM

Great pose Skip, and I love that hairdo!

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on August 27, 2011 at 5:00 PM

I agee with Ron about getting rid of the two highlights. Good exposure and action on the egret.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on August 30, 2011 at 2:34 AM

Skip,
Nice shot. From the bridge?

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