Egret with tiny meal #2
This was taken relatively early in the morning on my third day with Jim learning how to HH. To say I was getting a bit tired not being used to HH the 300 was an under statement. We stopped his boat next to a spot with lots of floating pads and watched the egrets landing on the lillys, hunting, and taking off. I watched this one land, stalk and stare, jab its head under the water, and when it came up and spread its wings I started shooting. Some of you may find it a bit busy; I have enjoyed looking at the behaviour and habitat. I especially like the way the egret's wing is covering the small brown bird (id someone?).
An alternative crop would be to crop from the top down into the body of the heronust below the white mark on the shoulder - what do you think?
Camera: 50D
Capture date/time: 30 DEc 09; early AM
Light condition: mixed
Lens: 300 f/2.8
Focal length: 420mm
Extender: 1.4
Distance: 653m
Tube: none
Flash/Comp: no
ISO: 800
Exp Prog: Manual
Speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Exp Comp: none
Metering: Evaluative
WB: Auto
AF Drive: AI Servo
Tripod: no
Filter: None
Crop: minimal
Image changes: cropped from the top removing the neck of the white egret;
Processed in LR 3 (beta) and then CS4 -
plus Topaz Suite and Pixel Genius Sharpening.
All C&Cs gratefully appreciated!
Originally Posted by Lance Peters
