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Beady-eyed Bess

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted August 12, 2014666 views5 comments

or maybe it's Beady-eyed Bill

This was taken long ago on a trip to California. I'm in awe of the yellow eyes. This is a medium closeup of Great White Egret with a prominent S neck as sighted on a dock in Marina del Rey, California. Unfortunately, LA county has spent money on that deck. It's clean and modern and it's no longer seedy; there are currently more humans than birds.

The camera was a Nikon D200 coupled with a 500mm lens and of course, I used a tripod.

I was using aperture mode at f/8 and ISO 200. The metering was then called "Pattern metering."

C&C welcome.

Best wishes to all,
Carol

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on August 12, 2014 at 9:36 PM

Excellent pose and good detail in the bird, the LP shows the yellow eye well. Nicely captured Carol.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 12, 2014 at 10:25 PM

Well done, Carol. The whites are superbly rendered. Plenty of texture in the feathers. The contrasting dark bg works well for the bg.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on August 12, 2014 at 11:33 PM

Beautiful Carol. Love the Egret coupled with the black background. Nice eye, but I love the pose.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 13, 2014 at 7:51 PM

What a great pose, Carol, with that curled neck. The whites are indeed very well handled as is the orange in the bill. The background really lets the bird stand out.

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on August 13, 2014 at 11:47 PM

I really like this one Carol! As others have mentioned, it's an interesting pose, well handled technically, the background works so well, and then there is that yellow eye!

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