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    During mid January, I spent a week in La Jolla and each morning I was greeted by this little egret as he fished on the rocks around the cove. One morning the diminutive egret was particularly motionless so I decided to try some slow shutter speeds. Most of the images are soft but I was successful with several exposures.

    Canon 5D III, 100-400mm IS Mark II, ISO 125, 1/4 second@ f/20. Image size 5067x3378, January 19, 2016 @ 8:21 AM.

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    I love images with birds in water at slow shutter speeds. Very hard to do well.
    Egret is really sharp and the whites look great.
    if I had one wish it would be a slightly lower POV ( not super low but maybe 6 inches lower). Perhaps there was something in the BG you were trying to keep out of the image?
    Love those feet.
    Really like this,
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    Thank you Gail and I agree, I wish I could have been lower. He was on the rocks below me and with high tide rolling in and out I just couldn't get any lower. I wish I had some more opportunities with the little guy; I am so grateful to have observed and photographed him. steve

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    A big thumbs up from me, lower would have been better, but you had a nice opportunity and made it work nicely.
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    This is unusual. Silky smooth water and a tack sharp egret. I love the water background on this one! :)

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    I like the perch, exposure, blurred water, sharpness and different POV. Excellent image Steve!

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    A bit steep but still works and a great use of SS.

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    Thank you everyone for your critiques and kind words

    steve

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