Egret with Lizard RP

Gallery: AvianPosted February 3, 20185,814 views7 comments

This egret was hunting in the grass on the bluff top above Bolsa Chica. It was very effective, picking off two lizards in just a couple of minutes as I watched. Canon 60D, f7.1, 1/3200 sec, iso 320, -1.3 EV, 100-400 ISL ii at 400 mm, cropped to about 75% of original. Thanks for your thoughts and critiques.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 3, 2018 at 11:35 PM

A good one Ed! Great detail in this image, except for just a small area on the birds back, but not really a distraction. I also like the way the light is on the birds beak. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on February 4, 2018 at 11:43 AM

Nice capture. The background matches nicely with the facial colors. Good detail. There does appear to be a slight blue cast on the egret.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on February 4, 2018 at 12:52 PM

Hi Ed,

The lighting on the beak is impressive. The comp is nice and you may want to reduce the noise on the BG as it looks blotchy and speckled to me. Other than that well done.........................Jim

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 4, 2018 at 1:20 PM

Cool, Ed. Nice detail in the Egret and I like the way the sun catches the beak and prey.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on February 4, 2018 at 2:47 PM

Excellent job with the lighting on this. I like the background. Welcome composed.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on February 4, 2018 at 4:42 PM

Fine pose of a bird that'll eat most anything. Like Andrew Zimmern says, "if it looks good, EAT IT !"

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on February 5, 2018 at 12:35 AM

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I selected the BG and applied just a touch of Gaussian blur to smooth the grain out a bit.

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