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The Prize
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The Prize

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: AvianPosted December 14, 2015101 views4 comments
A better look at the rather large vole this Great Egret managed to capture.  I found the Egret's behavior after the capture extremely interesting and will document it in another few images.

5D3, 300mm  f4 ISL + 1.4TC, hand held from truck, f/5.6, 1/8000, iso 320, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 EV.  Processed in LR5 & CS6.  Cropped to 12.8 Mpixels.  Taken at 11:04 am on December 31st, 2014.

You comments and criticisms would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 15, 2015 at 12:57 AM
Deniis,

technically very good, good details in the whites. I also like the walking pose of the egret and I am curious to see more.
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 15, 2015 at 8:39 PM
Congrats on this find Dennis. I agree techinially this worked out. Looking forward to seeing what other poses you have.
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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 16, 2015 at 9:28 AM
Great catch ! Have seen often shots with this kind of prey, alas so far never encountered situation like this myself. Congrats, and looking forward to the other images of the series devil, cheers, Hans
Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by David Bogener on December 16, 2015 at 5:09 PM
Excellent behavoural image.  Perfect light angle and exposure.  I like the raised foot implying motion.  Can't wait to see the rest of the series.
Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments