Yellow Billed (Intermediate) Egret

[Ken Watkins]

Well that is what I was told it was, I had never heard of it, but the ID book backs this up.

Taken on Lake Manze Channel, Selous Game Reserve, 7th July 2012

EOS 1D Mk IV

500mm F4 hand-held from drifting boat

F5.6, ISO 800, 1/3200, EV-0.67

[arash_hazeghi]

nice warm tones and display of habitat. just wish for a slight head turn.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Nice one Ken. I would have prefered a normal crop instead of square. TFS

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to you both.

I really only posted this in case nobody had seen one before, like me.
Head turn is a curse, it is a pity that we cannot train the birds
Vivaldo your comment made me scurry back to check the dimensions they are 40 x 34 not square but nearly, I do not mind squarish images but perhaps a little more on the right would assist in removing this perception.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ken, awesome shooting angle and details. loved the alert pose nad the grasses. excellent.

I think some more room on right will help as the egret is directly looking out of the frame that side. If the egret had been looking a bit more towards you, sqaurish would have worked better, IMO. Nevertheless, a very fine image.

[Ken Watkins]

Kaustubh,
I did something really stupid processing this (what's new) and cropped it before saving . I doubt that I will be able to process it that well again, but I will give it a go.