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Snowy Egret Landing

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Posted by Daniel Loomis on July 13, 2010 at 1:31 PM
Snowy Egret Landing
While bicycling the Trinity Trails in Fort Worth I came across the low-water dam on the Trinity River where egrets and herons gather to fish for minnows coming over the weir. It is close to LaGrave Field. I went back by car and foot to find the spillway with camera in hand.

7D
100-400mm@400
f/9
1/640
ISO 100
cropped to vertical
Posted by Larry Daniel on July 13, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Gorgeous image Daniel!
Posted by Randy Wilson on July 14, 2010 at 12:19 AM
The curmudgeon stikes again! Beautiful take on a beautiful bird.

I wonder whether brightening the egret while keeping the background dark would be an improvement?
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 14, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Wonderful capture Daniel. The position of your subject couldn't be much better. Like Randy I think this could have even more impact with some additional contrast between subject & bg. Good stuff!
Posted by Merle Cook on July 16, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Nice capture. This is a good action shot and I like the dof. I agree with a little more selective light on the bird.