Little Egret

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Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Far up at the top of a tree having a spy on the area around, though a bit high up to be catching fish, but he/she did have a preen for a few moments before flying off.

Taken with Canon 7D and Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 OS + 2*TC

As always any comments/critiques are most welcome!

 

[crimbfighter]

Nice! Good use of negative space framing this one.

 

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Thanks, I actually had a lot more open space all around the bird and was lucky that, at least in this pose, its head was just below three powerlines that I had to clone out. Came off well even in the rather grey dull light

 

[zombiesniper]

Great image.

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Nice shot don't have them come over to North America very often.

 

[tirediron]

Nicely done... that's a hell of a macro lens you've got!

 

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Thanks guys!
Zombie - you get the great/large/common egrets though far more so in America if I recall right - the ones with the yellow beak and green blaze on the beak.

Tired - tis a good little giant lens !

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Thanks guys!
Zombie - you get the great/large/common egrets though far more so in America if I recall right - the ones with the yellow beak and green blaze on the beak.

Tired - tis a good little giant lens !

Yes we do we get the great cattle and snowy although the snowy and cattle egret don't come around my area they are a rarity i know of one little egret that showed up in the united states this year (I am in ontario).

 

[HavToNo]

Excellent shot.

 

[birdbonkers84]

really well exposed, did you have to use EV so you didn't blow out the white?

 

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Thanks Bonkers - actually the other way around. With so much of the scene basically being white/grey skies it was more a case of telling the camera to overexpose a little as it acts very much like snow and the camera aims to get everything in that grey-exposure zone. So the first few shots I had to add some exposure compensation to get a bit of over-exposure on my side.

 

[birdbonkers84]

Thanks Bonkers - actually the other way around. With so much of the scene basically being white/grey skies it was more a case of telling the camera to overexpose a little as it acts very much like snow and the camera aims to get everything in that grey-exposure zone. So the first few shots I had to add some exposure compensation to get a bit of over-exposure on my side.

Ah good to know, I'll definitely need to remember that!