Dirty Egret

[Stu Bowie]

I took a trip to the University of Pretoria early yesterday morning, and came away with this Dirty Egret during a fly by. They were busy flying off to fetch nesting material for their nests. Unfortunately, on their return, they are flying a bit higher, and the light angle was not ideal, even though it was only 7.00 am.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/3200
F/7.1
ISO 640

Manual exposure
Hand Held

[Bob Smith]

Great wing position on the downstroke here Stu and the straight imaginary line right through tip of beak to trailing talons is very stylish. Interesting colouration---almost like it's been in a battle and come away bloodied with the blood of it's opponent.<script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/bb609cd7/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script>

[Doug Brown]

Very sharp with nice wing position. I might clone out the light area in the middle of the left edge of the frame.

[Mike Poole]

Perfect timing on the downstroke Stu, love the whites here.

Mike

[Bill Dix]

Perfect flight shot with great down-wing position. Nice exposure and beautiful bg. Light angle looks good to me.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot with nice wing position and beautiful green BG. Superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

[David Salem]

Nice wing position, sharp, great exposure and a sweet BG! What more could you want! Great job Stu.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the exposure, wing position, composition and BG. Very well done Stu!