Low flying Egret

[Stu Bowie]

When these Egrets leave their nests to go off and fetch nesting material, they sometimes fly low over the water. Taken early last sunday morning.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm ( given to me to use for the morning )
1/2500
F/7.1
ISO 640

Manual exposure
Hand held

[Graeme Cox]

Crisp & Sharp image..Ripper.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Stu, I like the water being reflected back into the down wing. Nice overall sharpness, but I think you can tease a bit more 'depth' from within the whites, in doing so it brings out greater clarity in the wings and the finer detail within the head. I do like the simplicity of the image.

TFS
Steve

[Martin Dunn]

gorgeous image Stuart. Very serene.
I love the reflections from the water on the wings.
Perhaps the whites around the throat and neck could be darkened a bit to get more detail.

[shane shacaluga]

very nice image. How are you finding the 300 f2.8 with the 2x?

[gail bisson]

This is excellent Stuart.
I really like the reflection of the water on the wing and that perfect wings down position.
Exposure is perfect.
Gail

[Joe Murphy]

A cracking in-flight Stuart, lovely whites & pin sharp.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Simple but effective capture.

I like the reflected waves, wing position & lovely plumage. TFS

[Girish Prahalad]

superb image! lovely low shooting angle, IQ & colors. DOF is terrific.
would just try & squeeze a bit of details on the whites near the head.

[Stu Bowie]

How are you finding the 300 f2.8 with the 2x?

Thanks Shane. After having used my 100-400mm for most of my photography, the 300mm with the 2x is really great. I dont find any loss of IQ, and Ive used this combo at 3 different locations with excellent results. Ive been looking for a 2nd hand one to buy, but they are vary scarce around here.

Thank you everyone else for the feedback. I will look into bringing out the whites a little better.

[David Salem]

Holy cow Stuart!! Thats awesome. The detail is impeccable and the exposure is killer. One of the best shots of this type, and there are allot of them of Egrets flying over water, I have ever seen. Great job

[Richard Unsworth]

Atruly wonderful frame of what is here at any rate a common bird.
Probably the best shot of these I have ever seen - perfect

[nick clayton]

I love the reflections from the water, nice exposure and good wing position. Beautiful light and background, great image Stuart.

[John Robinson]

All been said !
Great shot.
JR

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent shooting angle, nice down wing pose and nicely exposed whites, Stuart.

[Mike Veltri]

Sweet shot, love the details in the bird. Your exposure is spot on as well.

[Sandy Witvoet]

What all "above" have said...and, Fabulous.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Highly appealing image Stuart, not much else to add!

[Doug Brown]

The 300 f/2.8 is a great lens, and you've done it justice with the detail in this frame! Was it the new one or the old one? A slightly better head angle would be the only thing that could improve the photo.

[Stu Bowie]

The 300 f/2.8 is a great lens, Was it the new one or the old one?

Thanks Doug. The old one.

Thank you everyone for the great feedback.

[Greg Oakley]

Awesome flight image Stuart - just beautiful

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Stu - It has all been said above but I just love the reflected water on the wing, the light and the colors here. Well done!

TFS,
Rachel