Egret

[John Robinson]

Egret. My first attempt at flight stuff (maybe my last)
IQ not brilliant but at least the birds in mid air !!
Taken from Snipe hide.
D7100
Sigma 50-500mm
1000 ISO
500 sec @f8
80% of frame. Neat image /levels. Few white feathers taken out of BG
Cheers
JR

[Geoffrey Montagu]

And a very nice result. The light worked well on the whites, and your ss provided a good motion blurred BG. All I might do, John is remove the light blobs just above you signature, near his beak, and the middle right edge.

Geoffrey

[John Robinson]

Thaqnks Geof- yes the camera was set for snipe and this thing suddenly came in from the left- no time to change settings. Until I get some practice !!
Will take your points re the light reflection spots in hand shortly.
Cheers
John

[William Dickson]

Hi John, you got a great capture here. I think a faster shutter speed would give the bird a sharper look. Not easy is it ? . I like the pose on the bird. I saw one up here last week, pretty scarce here, still no breeding birds in Scotland.

Will

[John Robinson]

Cheers Will. I intend to stick at it a bit this year on the flight stuff.. Off up the hill shortly whilst that bright things in the sky !
Cheers
John