I'm going to guess and say that this is an egret since I'm not sure. One of 3 shots in a burst, the original was made with intense early morning sun, and probably over-exposed by 1.5 stops (not intentionally!). 40D, 100-400 @400, 1/1000 @ F8
Its a great egret. Beleive it or not you'll get another chance for this type of image. As a matter of fact, if you chug away at 5 frames per second anytime you have a bird with a small fish you'll see this kind of stuff now and then when the bird must orientate the fish to be swallowed head first. If he doesn't orientate the prey correctly, especially if its a catfish, it can have dire results. The biggest problem with this image is you were on the wrong side of the bird. Backlighting, especially if you can get the entire bill "glowing" can work, however in this case you would want the little fish to be completely visible. Keep em coming! regards~Bill
Hi - Bill is indeed correct - you need to have the sun at your back in most circumstances - the other option was to go high key and expose for the white bird blowing the Background out = would have needed + compensation.
Hi Chris I will always past the shot to get on light angle ... about the only way to come up with a keeper !!!
btw you can make a good image from this side with the use of fill flash, -1 on camera and +2 on flash likely. If you see egrets in groups close to the shoreline at low tide they are feeding. Lots of chances for grabbing the fish flip !!!
Hi Chris,
All of the techs. have been covered along with the good advise by Mr. Forns...that being said, I want to congratulate you on a fine capture...I like the action...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Once in a Lifetime shot!
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