White Morph Reddish Egret

[Blake Shadle]

Seeing George's and Maxis' images of a Reddish Egret at Ft. Desoto made me dig through some older files. This image was made at Ft. Desoto, North Beach. I was out at Desoto almost every weekend for 3 months last year. I could rely on this bird. I haven't seen a White Morph Reddish at Desoto in close to one (1) year.

Tech Stuff
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: VR 80-400 @ 400mm
Manual Exposure, 1/1000th @ f/6.3
ISO 400, Hand held

Thanks for looking! Comments welcomed and appreciated.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Blake!

Wow! This looks like an amazing painting to me ... the curves and arches are wonderful, and goes well with the light pastel blues.

[Tony Whitehead]

This is absolutely lovely, Blake. Love the tones , detail , pose, reflections - great job.

[John Cooper]

Wow Blake, I just love the stance you have caught this egret in - the arched wings forming a canopy over head adds so much impact to the composition. This high-key image is just stunning!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Fantastic shot!!!
Great details,timing,light and colors!!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like this a lot! Great pose, details, angle and light.

[Alfred Forns]

The most desirable pose for Big Red !!!! Fine image Blake !!!!!!

[Michael Pancier]

amazing light on this. fog? smoke?

I saw him last May. I'll be bummed if he split town.....

[Isak Pretorius]

Silky smooth. Very nice. I like how the closer wing is higher (maybe just from your angle). Great photo!

[Blake Shadle]

amazing light on this. fog? smoke?

I saw him last May. I'll be bummed if he split town.....

Hey, Mike! Just a hazy morning with some thin cloud cover. I was happy to get some soft light that morning.

[Grady Weed]

There is one thing with it Blake............it's not mine. Well done young yoda. The force is with you. Now send him to me........

[Mike Milicia]

Absolutely gorgeous !
Very well done !

Saw my first White Morph Reddish today at Ding Darling but too far away to photograph,

[Maxis Gamez]

Love the exposure control, wings and low angle. Glad we inspired you to post this image. Excellent work!