Cattle with big stick

[Alfred Forns]

From the Alligator Farm this past weekend a breeding plumage cattle egret carrying a large stick. The Farm is great this year with lots of birds and able to stay till way past sunset for flight ! One special place to shoot !!!

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Canon 7D
70-200 f4.0 IS
f 4.0 1/1000 sec
manual exp
EX 580 -2 1/3

[Harold Davis]

that's a truss for his house!!!:D must weigh as much as he does. nice job, al!!

[Julie Brown]

Beautiful action and detail in the wings, Al. Amazing how the bird balances the stick perfectly!:)

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent composition, stick looks somewhat heavy for the egret, I love how he has grabbed dead center point!!! birds know physics too. excellent Al

[Adams Serra]

Beautiful image Alfred!
I am hoping to get up there in the next few weeks.

[James Boland]

I remember last year you were trying to get one in flight with nesting material. You can check that off for this year's checklist. :)

[Nancy A Elwood]

Perfect Al!! Love the BG and the soft light on the bird!

[Grace Scalzo]

Wonderful image, Al. Love how you can see both his eyes.

[Harshad Barve]

terrific imag Alfred , what a big stick
TFS

[Dave Barnes]

I like the opposing curves between the wings and nesting material.
NBice comp, exposure and feel.

[Stu Bowie]

An opportunity well used Al. Good to see the light through the wings, and that sure is a large piece of wood, for such a small bird.

[Morkel Erasmus]

wonderful light, pose and compo Al - these guys are around in our hometown as well, although their breeding season is over on this side.

[Adrian David]

Great action captured in a wonderful smooth light! Fantastic details on the plumage!

[Kiran Poonacha]

All said above, its a peice of art..

[Mark Dumbleton]

super image Alfred. Love the Arty feel to this image. Great exposure and use of flash!

[Paul Merritt]

Al that image turned out great! I remember the smile on your face when you took it, you knew right then it was a keeper. I had an amazing time at the farm, learned lots and it was wonderful to finally meet you and Fabs. Thanks for everything.