Matrimonial Mishap

Gallery: AvianPosted August 25, 20184,377 views8 comments

This is from late April at Jefferson Island rookery. I guess that in early spring they were in the stages learning the ropes. One of a couple dozen frames of this couple, I thought this awkward pose was the most interesting. Later they settled down a bit for more conventional romantic poses. Full height cropped from LHS to 4x3 aspect.

7D II, 400 DO +1.4X on Wimberley I, ISO 400 1/800 -2/3EV

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 25, 2018 at 8:46 PM

Are you sure there aren't three birds in that tangle, Bill? Hard to believe that the dangling one could stretch that far. Excellent techs and a very fun image.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 26, 2018 at 7:35 AM

Hi Bill,

Like Dennis, I thought that there was 3 egrets in the image, but the larger view reveals 2 egrets. Pretty good results and you handled the whites quite well.....................................................Jim

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Comment posted by David Schoen on August 26, 2018 at 12:18 PM

Excellent light and shadows on this fun image. Interesting that others see three egrets but I only see two pairs of legs.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on August 26, 2018 at 3:22 PM

Too funny! Great timing and capture, Bill. One really has to keep looking to figure it all out, they are so tangled. Great capture.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on August 27, 2018 at 10:41 AM

The title you gave this post is priceless. Very interesting pose, and great you were able to catch it. Love the breeding plumage ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 27, 2018 at 5:01 PM

That's very funny Bill, I thought there were 3 at first as well as it's hard to believe the one bird can stretch so much. You handled the contrasty lighting well. devil

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on August 29, 2018 at 1:42 PM

Oh boy...pretty awkward moment for sure! Very neat and amusing capture Bill, techs are excellent.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on August 30, 2018 at 8:37 PM

Fun image, Bill. Hard to say which head and legs belong to which egret. You might consider cropping the cut-ff egret on the top right.

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