Reddish Egret Fishing

[Gayle Clement]

Our first day at Bolivar Flats, Texas was interrupted by a client phone call. As I sat in the truck pretending to be in my office a reddish egret landed and started dancing. It was all I could do not to throw the phone down and start snapping. We returned the following morning and, fortunately, so did the egret.

Comments and critiques welcome and appreciated.

Heavily overcast day
Nikon D2Xs
Nikkor 500mm f/4
Nikkor 1.4 TC-EII
1/100s f/5.6
+0.7 EV
ISO 125

[Harold Davis]

love that pose, gayle!!! the eye looks a tad soft on my screen. compo looks good. i wish the water went all the way to the top of the frame.

[Philip Lombard]

Very nice agree with nit.

[Fabs Forns]

Classical canopy pose, and nice water. Shame the shoreline is intersecting with the bird. You could add a little more sharpening to the head. Looking forward to more :)

[Doug Brown]

I like the pose that you captured Gayle! From a technical standpoint, I think a little more shutter speed would have helped stop the action in the head. A higher ISO might have helped in this situation. Thanks for sharing.

[Dave Phillips]

so glad you were able to get the shot Gayle.....agree about the split bg.
Sweet pose, thanks for sharing

[Freddy Franzella]

WOW Gayle! wonderful image!

[Gus Cobos]

Great capture Gayle,
Love the action and the colors and details on your bird...:D