Reddish Egret With Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted March 20, 2012346 views18 comments

Second Chain of Islands, San Antonio Bay, Mid-Texas Coast.

D3 ISO 400. 500/4 with 1.4 x tc. f7.1 1/2000s. -0.7ev. Tripod from a boat.

Very windy conditions helped to tease the feathers of this egret in breeding plumage. It was already 11am and the light was a bit harsher than I would have liked. Part of another egret cloned out. No more room at the bottom. From my Whooper trip.

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18 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM

I love the look of this egret. Beautifully sharp and detailed. As far as the egret is concerned, the light looks fine to me. I wish the foreground OOF vegetation wasn't there, but it's a great pose and look and one you wouldn't want to miss.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on March 20, 2012 at 11:33 PM

Remarkable image. Really like it.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 21, 2012 at 7:38 AM

I like this Angela. Nice fluffed plumage look and over all I like the habitat. The OOF FG vege is a bit distracting.

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Comment posted by Claus Johansson on March 21, 2012 at 7:52 AM

A very successful photo you got of the heron, despite the light

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 21, 2012 at 8:29 AM

Excellent and unusual pose of the egret. A bit flat in color and a bit centered.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 21, 2012 at 10:04 AM

No nits here but just congrats on the detail.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on March 21, 2012 at 11:08 AM

Great detail and pose, Angela. Interesting subject too. The foreground OOF stuff occupies significant space though. I'd be tempted to try a crop that removed it. It probably means going to some sort of portrait format. However, I think that this shot could easily sustain it.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 21, 2012 at 12:09 PM

Wonderful detail on the egret and I like the fluff look, nice job in getting this under the difficult conditions you mentioned.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Excellent image of this great species, what a bird ! Only (very,very,very small) nit would be the blur in the FG - other than ..... oof ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on March 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM

Unbelievable sharpness and detail, particularly in larger version. TFS.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 21, 2012 at 6:48 PM

Sweet Photo Angela

I really like the texture of the flared head and body feathers. Those cactus are cool too.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 21, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Angela I love the pose and great breeding colors. I only wish to not have the oof spot in front.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 21, 2012 at 9:58 PM

Here is a redo. I didn't want to clone over so much but here it is without the OOF stuff

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 21, 2012 at 10:37 PM

Angela, the repost is awesome, a great improvement without the out of focus foreground. That is an awesome plumage display. I think reworking this was worth the effort. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 22, 2012 at 7:42 AM

Oh, my! What an amazing redo! That's gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on March 22, 2012 at 8:56 AM

Angela, I love both images and you sure can use a cloning tool!! You handles the lighting very well. And a capture of a Reddish on a cactus, who's think it. Thanks for the post.

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on March 22, 2012 at 9:56 AM

Hey Angela,
A different environ than I am normally used to seeing. Pretty good breeding colors going on there too and I like the way he seperated the feathers. .OOF vegetation already mentioned.

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on April 10, 2012 at 2:57 PM

Beautiful bird and excellent feather detail. An amazing job on the OOF cactus.

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