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Hunting Cattle Egret

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on November 6, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Hunting Cattle Egret
Another one from my Southern France trip and this time a Cattle Egret hunting for insects. It was a great pleasure to witness this fellow chasing after all sorts of insects such as this Dragonfly out in the field.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

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Posted by Ian Butler on November 6, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Cracking shot Jeroen! Superbly captured. He's going to go cross eyed if he stares at that dragonfly any more though!! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 6, 2009 at 8:59 AM
Very nice shot :toast:

He looks very intense did he catch any ?

Posted by Paul Rosser on November 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Lovely shot, congratulations Jeroen!
Regards,
Paul. :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on November 6, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments so far.
To Ian: He caught some Bees and Dragonflies indeed.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ian Mason on November 6, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Brilliant!
Posted by Mark Davies on November 6, 2009 at 12:16 PM
That'll do nicely . A most impressive image .
Posted by Tim Taylor on November 6, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Brilliant! A great sense of movement and purpose and marvellous to get the dragonfly in the shot too.

Tim :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 7, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Very nice capture, Jeroen. The sense of movement and the intense concentration of the bird are really great. The dragonfly in it is the icing of the cake. :smile:
Posted by Rob Ashton on November 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Superb Jeroen. I hate to se Dragonflies getting eaten but sill great.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on November 7, 2009 at 4:13 PM
That is a lovely image and well caught Jeroen,love the composition :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Marijn Heuts on November 8, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Love the pose and the intense stare. Well done mate.
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 8, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Superb shot. Great!

Ian