I am fortunate that I live close ( 30 min drive ) to a nature reserve, and although there are only Cheetah's from the cat family ( never seen them yet ) and Rhino and Buffalo, there is an abundance of plenty of other subjects to photograph in early morning light. On some mornings, my main mission is to try and hopefully find Egrets catching a ride on the Zebra's. I was lucky here, and having them fairly close by, helped as well. The Egrets feed off the Zebra's parasites and ticks, so they are mostly always together, but not guaranteed in Taxi mode. As it was early morning, I have reduced a bit of the warm light from the Egret. Although the head looks 'grey' compared to the rest of the body, it was as captured. No whites over exposed
Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +1.4 TC = 420mm
1/3200
F/6.3
ISO 640
Manual exposure.
Hand held from my car.







Reply With Quote


Finished off with one of your lovely BG's. Very nice and I like your chosen crop.

