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Cattle Egret on Cypress Knee

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Posted by Daniel Loomis on June 2, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Cattle Egret on Cypress Knee
Another shot from Jefferson Island, LA, May 28, 2009.

40D, 700mm, f/13, 1/800s, ISO 400, cropped to vertical.
Posted by Matthew Kennedy on June 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
another great one
Posted by Ed Cooley on June 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Nice image, caught him with his fancy courting colors.

Curious why you used f/13?
Posted by Larry Daniel on June 3, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Daniel, very well done as usual. You have a way with birds.
Posted by Daniel Loomis on June 3, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Ed - Glad you noticed the unusually small aperture used on the image. I had been using the 2.0x + 1.4x TCs stacked to get some distant shots of Spoonbills. (I use apertures of f/11-f/16 when shooting with stacked TCs for image clarity.) I had just removed the 2.0x TC but left on the 1.4x when I saw the egret land and so I took the shot without re-adjusting the fstop. As it was very bright at the time the smaller aperture worked quite nicely in Aperture-Priority mode, yielding a shutter speed of 1/800s, more than fast enough for a perched bird! The background was far enough back that it did not significantly affect the shot.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on June 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Fine shot Daniel. I appreciate the story behind the exposure too. Thanks for sharing.