Seeing Double

Gallery: AvianPosted June 19, 201385 views7 comments

I captured this breeding pair of cattle egrets at the rookery on the campus of Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. I liked the two different color eyes and the fact that they seemed to be transfixed on the same thing, which I think was another egret. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 100-400mm @ 400mm
f9.0
1/160 s
ISO 200

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on June 19, 2013 at 7:04 PM

These birds are so beautiful and you got a pair, nice work!

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 19, 2013 at 7:43 PM

Nice shot!
The exposure on the white looks pretty good.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on June 19, 2013 at 9:37 PM

Love the different eye colors and techs are excellent. Great capture.

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on June 20, 2013 at 8:43 AM

Very nice. Love the pose. The whites look good. I did not know that birds could have different eye colors.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 20, 2013 at 8:50 PM

Very nice image. Interesting pair of birds. Exposure handled properly. Good contrast between subject and background.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 21, 2013 at 2:17 PM

Excellent work getting both birds in focus.
Well done.
May

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 21, 2013 at 4:57 PM

Love the pose of the two birds and their intense focus. Well done!

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