Early morning Egret.

[Stu Bowie]

This is a Little Egret, and I captured this early morning during my holiday in Cape Town. He was flying along the lagoon, and depending on the height of the flight path, one can capture any flying subject against either a water BG, a sky BG, or this BG - the golf course on the other side of the lagoon.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/2500
F/5.6
ISO 800

Hand held

[gail bisson]

Killer exposure on the whites and the BG colors make the egret pop beautifully.
IQ is awesome.
A bit of a head turn would have been awesome but this is still wonderful,
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image Stuart. Here we would call that bird a Snowy Egret.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Beautiful comp, great exposure in the whites, nice wing position Stu. Nice BG too.

[Randy Stout]

Stu:

Agree with the others, excellent whites, nice bg, full down wing position. Just a sliver of a head turn towards us would have been nice.

Cheers

Randy

[Grace Scalzo]

Lovely background makes this beauty pop. Agree on the head turn comments.

[John Robinson]

Perfect positioning and exposure too A good case for having a little something in the back which would be blurred with the panning and so indicate the speed of the bird. Just my penneth.
John

[Stu Bowie]

A good case for having a little something in the back which would be blurred with the panning and so indicate the speed of the bird. Just my penneth.
John

Thanks John. The BG is as shot from camera. It was quite a distance, thus everything OOF as posted.

Thanks a stack everyone else for your feedback.

[Alan Murphy]

The BG makes this one for me.

[Bill Dix]

Nice flight pose with great detail in the wings. Golf course makes a stunning BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot, perfect timing. Beautiful colors, superb exposure in whites, nice details and composition.


Regards,
Satish.

[Binu John]

Hi Stuart, Excellent shot with a perfect wing pose. You nailed the exposure. That vibrant BG makes the Egret stands out. Well done as usual.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Technically that is about the best egret shot I have seen - lovely pose excellent detail.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Perfect soft light for a white bird! Your exposure and sharpness are on the spot, Stu. Lovely details and you can't go wrong with a BG like that.
Well composed and placed in the frame. HA mentioned. Super frame!

[David Salem]

That BG sets up this whit bird perfectly Stuart!! The techs look great too. You sure are stepping up you game lately. Nice photography!!