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Daniel Cadieux
06-03-2012, 09:43 AM
Another image I managed at Indian Lakes Estates. A good flock of Cattle Egrets (a few dozen individuals) were feasting on a Mayfly explosion. As I approached from my car many of them would take off, only to land 20-30 yards further down past my car, allowing for terrific flight photography opportunities. I was driving on a vast grassy field off-road, therefore I could idle very slowly forward with both hands on the camera, eyes on the action, and knees on the steering wheel...not recommended for the road though!!:t3
Canon 7D + 100-400L @235mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/6.3, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition (~75% FF), an OOF egret removed in post in LRC.
Jack Breakfast
06-03-2012, 10:37 AM
It's a pretty one all right and I like the egret's shadow on the wing and the color swaths behind the flyer. Good Lord, man! Your knees were steering a car?!
Stu Bowie
06-03-2012, 11:16 AM
Hi Dan, good flight posture, and good job on the whites. Sharp, and I do like how the egret pops from the distant BG. Well captured.
Karl Egressy
06-03-2012, 12:01 PM
Excellent flight shot, Daniel.
He gave yoiu a nice head turn.
Satish Ranadive
06-03-2012, 12:46 PM
Great flight pose. Loved the flight pose of the Egret ,details and lights.
arash_hazeghi
06-03-2012, 03:09 PM
excellent! I like the pose and details, exposure and also the feet
Jim Crosswell
06-03-2012, 08:26 PM
I like the flight angle, sharpness and composition. Well done Daniel!
Ofer Levy
06-04-2012, 07:46 AM
Fantastic image!!!
Cheryl Arena Molennor
06-04-2012, 04:25 PM
Nice job getting the flight pose toward you. I really like the head position, the view of the talons and pretty bg.
Frank Schauf
06-06-2012, 10:00 PM
Really nice flight shot and great details.
Sidharth Kodikal
06-07-2012, 03:10 PM
Excellent flight angle, pose, setting and IQ. I like it a lot.
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