Ornaments

Gallery: AvianPosted December 15, 2013747 views16 comments

Great Egrets adorn a long dead oak in the marsh along Hwy 1. Early morning overcast provided soft light.

7D, 70-200

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 15, 2013 at 5:03 PM

Very sweet, David. I love the assorted poses. You were either lucky or very patient to get all those eyes in sight. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 15, 2013 at 5:39 PM

Real nice comp with all birds in nice profile for you. Pretty light! Excellent! Sharon

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on December 15, 2013 at 6:37 PM

Ornaments indeed! I especially like the "scratching" pose ornament to break up the pattern.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 15, 2013 at 6:40 PM

Very nice - a great composition.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 15, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Great poses from each bird - tough to achieve.
Posed as if purposely positioned there!
Sweet -

Sandy

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 16, 2013 at 2:27 AM

One cool image David, like the ratio of land to sky too.

TFS
Steve

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 16, 2013 at 4:47 AM

David,

This is excellent the differences in poses and beautiful light make this very special

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on December 16, 2013 at 8:42 AM

What great luck to find them there. Great image.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 16, 2013 at 10:26 AM

Nice to have clean shots of all of them in one frame.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on December 16, 2013 at 10:55 AM

Thanks to everyone for the feedback. I travel this way a couple of times a month and always look for birds perched in these dead trees. Its not uncommon to see birds but getting them in good light and not flying away when I approach is rare. For some reason these guys tolerated me and I shot quite a few frames to get one with all four giving eye contact and the one scratching.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 16, 2013 at 1:27 PM

Perfect poses that all work together. Merry Christmas to you, too.

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Comment posted by Sandy Scott on December 16, 2013 at 4:39 PM

I love this shot. I have endless egret shots including a whole album of one who is a regular visitor to my house and would come in the front door if I allowed him to do it. Had I taken this shot, it would be my personal favorite! Well done!

Registered on December 6, 2013, 85 Posts, 345 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 16, 2013 at 6:37 PM

Very pleasing image with the soft light and the different poses of the birds which are perfectly spaced. I don't know how I feel about the tree being right in the middle though

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 17, 2013 at 12:03 AM

Excellent-love the composition and the various poses-great work David.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on December 17, 2013 at 1:01 AM

Lovely shot David

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on December 17, 2013 at 7:42 AM

love the composition here. I really like how the three left-facing egrets are distributed left/top/right balancing and anchoring the shot, while the other two add some interest with different poses.

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