Great Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted April 30, 201628 views2 comments

This Great Egret popped out from behind a tree and stayed in range long enough for me to get a couple of closeup shots. Shot at the Sacramento Wildlife Preserve in California in too strong light.
D810
600 mm f/4
ISO 400 at 1/5000
-0.33 correction
Cropped about 75%

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 30, 2016 at 9:06 PM

A good portrait. You descrbed the biggest problem: the overbright light. Not much you can do with a white bird in that much light.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 30, 2016 at 10:56 PM

You managed to pull some nice detail out despite the strong light, Robert. I'm not sure, but it looks like you could bring the exposure up just a bit without blowing the whites.

devil

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