In the midst of Silicon Valley, just across the parking lot from where I work, runs the Stevens Creek Trail. The flow of water in the creek attracts all sorts of wildlife, including this egret.
Hi Bill. Very nice pose with the wings outstretched. Good exposure too. A lower light angle would probably have helped to prevent the wing shadow across the bird's body, and I would crop a bit from the bottom and left to move the bird out of the center.
nice pose and a sharp eye. only the light angle got you here. if you can get the wind and the light coming from the same direction and set up to shoot incoming birds so that the light is behind you, you will get minimal shadows on the bird. it also helps to have them flying over water to get the reflection of light off the water to light the underwing. but that's in a perfect world!!:)
Hi Bill - great advice from both of my brothers above -- Looks a tad soft on my screen some additional sharpening may help - like the pose, main issue is the angle of the light.
Keep em coming :)
I agree with above on light angle. At that time of day, capturing them while banking sometimes offers good light on those wings. Otherwise, a nice clean, sharp shot of a beautiful bird.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I'll probably need to find a different location to make use of them. This particular location does not give a lot of choice for selecting angle. The Stevens Creek Trail is a straight, thin line of water and greenery running between dry developed areas on either side. Typically, you come across the egrets unexpectedly, both for you and them, they see you and decide to fly away, and they fly more or less along the line of the creek. Often it's just away from me. In this case the bird circled, flew to one side of me, and back up the creek the way I had come. None of this makes it a better image, of course, I'm just explaining the limitations of the location. On the positive side, it's about 100 yards from the building where I work, and there are a lot of photographic subjects available.
Good advice from Harold, but it looks pretty darn good to me. Hope you get more chances Bill, the pose is lovely. Might sharpen a bit, especially the eye and bring out the lore a bit more.
Egret
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