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Reddish Egret WhiteMorph
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Reddish Egret WhiteMorph

by Nate Chappell

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 2014115 views14 comments
Here's a white morph Reddish Egret photographed last month in Corpus Christi, TX. This guy walked right up to us and put on a nice show, it was taken about 10am on a sunny morning. He just struck the water but missed and I think he's shaking out the water which produces the water trail. I placed the bird fairly high in the frame because I cropped out an off brown area just above where I cropped.

Canon 5D3 500F4 1/5000 F7.1, iso 500, evaluative metering at -1.0 in AV mode, about 60% of the original.

Comments

14 comments
Comment posted by David Haynes on April 5, 2014 at 1:50 PM
Nate,
The crop works well for me. Looks like you got a nice low POV to blur the water in the foreground and the background nicely. The droplets of water coming off the beak are super sharp and really make this image for me. This is one of my bucket list birds. Have never seen one but I just love the white morphs. Your exposure is spot on and the head angle is perfect. Even the trailing tail feather is not all dirty. The large image is just spectacular. Wish it were mine. Maybe someday. :toast: :toast:
Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 5, 2014 at 1:53 PM
Nice image, Nate. I've seen only seen and photographed one white morph a few years ago at Ft Desoto, and considering their rarity this a cool capture.
Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on April 5, 2014 at 2:27 PM
Very nice image. The crop is nice for me, and I liked the droplets of water. Great shot.
:smile:
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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on April 5, 2014 at 3:59 PM
Very nice. I like the pose the breeding colors and the light but the water slinging makes the shot for me.
Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments
Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 5, 2014 at 4:55 PM
Superb job on the exposure, Nate. The water splashing really adds to this shot. Congrats capturing a white morph. A species I would love to see.
Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 5, 2014 at 6:09 PM
Very cool bird Nate...not sure I have seen a white morphed Reddish Egret before, but since we don't get them here, I haven't seen many except for images posted here. Love the flying water, low angle and great work on the exposure.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 5, 2014 at 6:11 PM
The whites look excellent, this one shook out very nicely Nate. :smile:
Very well done. :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 5, 2014 at 8:10 PM
Great water action going on here (too bad there's not a fish flying through the air). The fluffed out wings add drama to this photo for me. Excellent details throughout!

Sweet photo of this rare beauty Nate. :cool:
Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2014 at 10:36 PM
Nice, Nate. Excellent texture in the whites. Cool action and the water drops add a lot.

:toast:
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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 6, 2014 at 4:06 AM
High quality image, the larger version is simply excellent ! :toast: , hans
Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 6, 2014 at 9:57 AM
Great action and very nice background. The whites look spot on to me. Well done.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Ray Whitt on April 8, 2014 at 8:40 PM
Great detail in the white feathers, like the trail of water, nice work Nate.

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by May Haga on April 9, 2014 at 1:59 PM
Beautiful image Nate. I love the stream of water coming off the bird's bill.

May
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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 11, 2014 at 2:01 PM
Wonderful shot. The technicals are spot on. :toast:
Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments