I captured this image at Gatorland, Orlando, Florida. I was walking out after photographing at the rookery in the alligator breeding pond. Walked past the Great Egret with a fish at one of the ponds, stopped to capture the show. Always interesting to watch them struggle with a big fish. This guy had killed it and was trying to get the fish lined up to swallow. It would flip it into the air and catch it. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 195mm
1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 450 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction, removed distracting reflections from the background
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation
P.S. Gatorland is one of the locations written about in the The Birds AS Art Middle Of Florida Site Guide that I co-authored with Artie. When Artie gets back from Ontario is should be available for sale on Birds As Art Online Store.
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 06-10-2019 at 12:47 PM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams