Springtime Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 2012159 views10 comments

Great Egret in Port Richey, Florida

1/800 at f8 and ISO400 EC -1
Canon 500mm
Canon 7D

Wishing for a bit more head turn toward the camera -- but I like the rest of it

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 5, 2012 at 8:14 PM

Beautiful!..and such a nice elegant look. Wonderful image of a Great Egret, Scott. Really enjoyed seeing this.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 5, 2012 at 9:51 PM

I like it all! Congratulations on capturing a wonderful moment.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2012 at 10:16 PM

I love the display feathers against the dark bg, Scott, and you handled the exposure very well. I do wish it had given you a bit of a head turn toward you, but it's still a beautiful image.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 5, 2012 at 11:12 PM

A great look at the breeding colours and plummage.
I know there are legs in there somewhere...feels odd to not see even a bit of them - as if the bird is floating.. anything you can do to bring back at least a shadow of legs?

Fine image!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 5, 2012 at 11:36 PM

Beautiful, Scott. I love the way the plumes look.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on April 6, 2012 at 9:14 AM

A great capture.

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on April 6, 2012 at 6:10 PM

I love the white egret on the dark BG Scott. A more direct head turn would have been nice, but the position of the egret more than makes up for the head position.

Registered on April 12, 2010, 61 Posts, 375 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 6, 2012 at 6:19 PM

A beautiful displaying egret.

I like the dark background too, but I wonder how it would look if the bird was brightened just a bit. Sweet Photo!!!

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on April 7, 2012 at 8:11 AM

Hello Scott

Sweet Image with the displaying! Clean bg really adds to the image too!
If it were my imagee I would brighten some and bring out the beak to separate from bg.

TFS

Bill,

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on April 10, 2012 at 5:18 PM

That's wow shot. Pose and dark background really wonderful.

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