Cattle Egret With Nesting Material

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

The cattle egrets are busy building their nests along with the tricolors and great white egrets. It was a very high key day.

Nikon D300
Nikon 300 mm F 2.8
ISO 400
1/1600, F8
manual

All comments are appreciated.

[Kim Rollins]

Judy -

Very well done IMO.

Though they may be here in the summer I don't see them here in the middle of Oregon. F&W site says they are getting to be common too. Your image has has inspired me on a mission to try and locate one locally when summer comes.

[Stu Bowie]

White against white - excellent Judy. Its amazing in an image like this how many shades of whites the naked eye can see. I like the backlighting on the outer wing, and would liked to have seen a bit more detail on this nearer wing. Still, very well exposed, and well captured Judy.

[Adams Serra]

Hi Judy,
I am a big fan of high key images, and this one looks great. Very sharp and the bird has beautiful breeding colors.

[Ramon M. Casares]

GREAT natural moment the one you captured, very nice colors and detail, I like the high key feel on this one. Congratulaitons.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Agree with the above! Love the high-key feel Judy Lynn. The breeding colors are so stunning!

[Desmond Chan]

I like the backlighting on the outer wing, and would liked to have seen a bit more detail on this nearer wing. Still, very well exposed, and well captured Judy.

Agree with Stuart's comment. As is on my monitor, the near wing looks too smooth...the texture doesn't look right to me. It looks more like marble more than feathers. But I have never seen this bird in real lift so perhaps it does look that way to the naked eyes.