Early morning Egret.

[Stu Bowie]

This Egret was enjoying a ride when he decided that he had enough and took off. I wish they would try better house keeping, especially on themselves. I left the white stuff on the Rhino as they are always perching there. Taken early saturday morning. Added a bit of canvas on the RHS.

Canon 1DMark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 400

Manual exposure.

[christopher galeski]

nice takeoff pose Stuart,that is some perch,good detail,like the colors in the Rhino.TFS.

[keith mitchell]

Stuart the perch had me puzzled for a while(not been out of bed long)it certainly adds interest, it's a cracking image, like this a lot.

Keith.

[gail bisson]

Fun image.
I am glad you kept the bird droppings on the rhino as it tells the story.
Nice exposure on the whites and tack sharp with a nice mottled BG. You can't ask for more than that!
gail

[BenBotha]

As always with you photos, no nits. The "shite" IMO adds character to the photo.
Ben

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the motion blur on the wings, flight angle, composition and interesting perch. Well done Stuart.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Stuart. I never realised what the perch was until I read about it . Great capture, well done

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback and comments everyone.

[Karl Egressy]

Great take off shot, Stuart. The perch is priceless.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

When I saw the thumbnail, my first thought was that he was flying over a mountain ridge, but that seemed unlikely and figured it was either a rhino or an elephant, before I opened the image!

Great fun, agree about leaving the white wash on the rhino.

Well seen and captured.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

love the perch as much as the bird, great dynamic take off