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Little Egret

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 13, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Little Egret
Hi Guys,

Spent the day at the coastal area down south of The Netherlands yesterday and as there was still plenty of ice on the streams this gave some excellent possibillities to shoot all sorts of birds with this Little Egret being one of those.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: F 10
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 640
Lens: Canon 600mm F4 + 1.4 TC
Focal length:1092 mm (incl. crop factor)
AF mode: Auto Focus
Hanheld
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-Sharpening
Bibble Pro/Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Posted by Ian Mason on January 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Superb shot. Great details, excellent DOF and the background is great too.
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 13, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Stunning Jeroen, Superb detail in the whites and expertly achieved. I am a little distracted by whatever the red/pink OOF area is behind the bird but not much.. Otherwise a nice clean BG.

Really nice image..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by A.R.D on January 13, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Very,very nice.

Was watching two of these from the mess room of my place of work yesterday.

Regards

Posted by Edwin kats on January 13, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Indeed an excellent shot. I really love this one.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Elliott Neep on January 13, 2009 at 6:08 PM
One of my favourites from the selection that you sent me, nice to see it on here. The best elements for me are the crisp sharpness of the bird and the rich colour of the background.
:toast: :wavey:
Posted by Ray on January 14, 2009 at 5:04 AM
You did exceptionally well here for a hand held 600, an excellent action shot taken at just the right moment. Might consider taking out the red smudge in the B.G..
Posted by PhilH on January 14, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Nice one agree with the comments so far... seems the feet are not as 'yellow' as I am used to seeing....

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on January 14, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Not my favourite bird but superbly captured :toast: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on January 14, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Very nice Jeroen, might be good with more canvas on the left hand side :smile:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 15, 2009 at 2:27 AM
Excellent capture, Jeroen. The detail is great and the colourful background really makes it. I agree with Magnus though, about a little more canvas on the left hand side. :smile: :smile: