Aerial Battle

Gallery: AvianPosted March 28, 2013160 views7 comments

D800 200-400mm @ 250mm ISO 125 1/1600 F8

Sat around all day yesterday at a busy rookery waiitng to shoot aerial flareups between the Great Egrets or their smaller cousins, Snowy Egrets. Got some decent shots of both and this is one of the better ones.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on March 28, 2013 at 11:23 AM

Beautiful grace in flight.Of course we could hope for a little separation of the two birds but this is wonderful as it is. AAA+++ and

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on March 28, 2013 at 12:11 PM

Well done Bob,
The whites look great, well worth your time.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 28, 2013 at 2:12 PM

Wow, amazing action shot ! Congrats ! Hans

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Comment posted by John Sherman on March 28, 2013 at 6:08 PM

Looks like Siamese Twins - great capture.

I like the lack of separation of the birds - for me it gives that sense of conflict you witnessed and tells a story. Looks a tad underexposed, but might be my monitor. Edit - Can that last comment - readjusted the monitor and now looks fine.

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Comment posted by Danny on March 30, 2013 at 12:23 AM

Pure magic !! Gorgeous shot and behaviour and top marks to the photographer. Just takes the breath away to see these sorts of shot in nature.

All the best Bob, brilliant.

Danny.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on March 31, 2013 at 5:22 PM

nice feather detail and lighting on this shot. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on April 1, 2013 at 6:41 AM

Wonderful shot. Would brighten the subject a bit though.

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