The Feather

[Stu Bowie]

I took another drive through the nature reserve close to my house, and soon found the Egrets using the Zebra's as Taxi's. This fellow had just finished preening and I managed to capture one of the feathers that had come loose. Taken early morning.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +1.4 TC - 420mm
1/3200
F/7.1
ISO 800

Manual exposure

[Jonathan Ashton]

Magic! The egret is perfectly exposed, its perch is instantly recognisable and the gaze appears to be towards the feather, all this coupled with a lovely soft background. Not bad Stu - not bad!

[Norm Dulak]

Amazing catch of the loose feather Stu. As for the rest of it, lovely bird, bkg and perch, all beautifully exposed and composed. A very special image!

[Mike Poole]

Very nice details in a very interesting shot. Pity the feather wasn't a bit closer to the Egret, but that's a bit nit-picky

Mike

[stuart wanuck]

cool rendition

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

[Rachel Hollander]

Stu - love the way the egret seems to be looking at the feather. Gorgeous light as usual. Great perch, any images of just the perch to share?

TFS,
Rachel

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Stu! I like the perch, pose, IQ, exposure, feather and BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular frame Stuart Sir.
Beautiful lights and colors. love the stare of egret. Superb composition.


Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Very nice Stu. The morning light looks great on the bird, but even better on the perch :). The background is nice and smooth and looks great with the floating feather in it. Well done

[Randy Stout]

Stu:

All the elements came together on this one, tech, timing, and a bit of luck too! Well composed, exposed and processed.

Really fun.

Cheers

Randy