Scruffy Egret

[Stu Bowie]

Driving through the nature reserve close to my house, Im always on the look out for this type of Scenario - Egrets riding on Zebra's. This Cattle Egret is in full breeding colours, but ever so scruffy. Taken early morning. The BG's at this location are just as good as Pilanesberg National Park.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8
1/2500
F/8.0
ISO 640

Manual exposure
Hand held from the car

[William Dickson]

Beautiful Stu. Great detail throughout, and what a perch The comp to me, is perfect. The lighting is so sweet, I think, if I lived there, I would be goin out for early morning drives, before breakfast, every morning Great capture.

Will

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Stu, 'what a perch' indeed Will, that's a corker Stu, I like the contrast of the natural BKG & the graphic element of the stripes well seen. I might loose the blades of grass on the LHS so you have that 'seamless' backdrop.

TFS
Steve

[christopher galeski]

Loverly capture Stuart,love the Zebra crossingexcuse the punnice light,wish we had it here,great detail,and nice BG,agre with Steve on blades of grass.TFS.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Yup, show me something that is not perfect. A very unique and lovely image. Thank you for sharing, Stu.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Stu - Well seen and captured with a fabulous bg (again). Nice control of the exp and the comp is great. The scruffiness adds to the charm.

TFS,
Rachel

[keith mitchell]

Sometimes get a bit bored with pristine birds although I know they have there place, scruffy is just fine, love that perch and BG, cracking shot Stuart.

Keith.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback everyone.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ditto the grasses in LLC, and I would have liked a bit better head angle. All else is top notch, from the perch, to the BG, colours, and processing.

[Gabriela Plesea]

This is superb, Stu!

Love everything about this - colours, sharpness, IQ, composition and presentation.

Wonderful work, unusual sighting so well captured, congratulations

Warmest regards,

[dennis greenwood]

That's a brilliant shot.....

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

The awesome perch, the breeding plumage and the sweet BG make this Image Stu. Lovely comp and PP work. Well done my friend.

[gail bisson]

Love this one Stu.
The light is soooo.. nice.
Agree 100% with Daniel's critique.
Well done!
gail

[David Salem]

What a great looking frame Stu with awesome colors, details and contrast. Love that perch. I too agree with Daniels critique. Well done as usual

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Agree, the backgrounds at Rietvlei are some of the best! Great shot and techs perfect, well done.