Great Egret

[Mital Patel]

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Gujarat, INDIA

1D MARK IV, 800 f/5.6
1/2000, f/9, ISO 400
Jan 07, 2012, 12-34 pm

Was trying to capture some splash on this stationary bird on that day with first day of 800 lens and it was quite fun at that focal length .. wish could have been early on that day with this chap as the 12'O clock heat affected the range a bit.

C&C Welcome.

[Josh Clark]

Beautiful job on the whites, shows great texture and detail. Love the droplets of water and gorgeous BOKEH on the BG and FG. Nice job!

[Sachin Saraf]

Awesome image Mital...Plenty of details in whites...looks like you quickly adopted to this new lens...I am curious if you used tripod or was this taken handheld?

[Mital Patel]

Sachin. Thanks for compliments
I have used tripod for this image.

Not yet in position to use handholding as yet to learn lot bout this lens.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mitalbhai, good fishing pose from the egret, and surely that fish wasnt enough for his meal. Excellent exposure on the whites, falling droplets, and I like your BG. Although they have long legs, maybe adding a bit more to the bottom for 'some of the virtual legs'.

[Mital Patel]

Hi Mitalbhai, good fishing pose from the egret, and surely that fish wasnt enough for his meal. Excellent exposure on the whites, falling droplets, and I like your BG. Although they have long legs, maybe adding a bit more to the bottom for 'some of the virtual legs'.

you caught me Stuart Bhai. should def. there for a valid point. thought concentrating more on fishing ... Indeed that fish wasnt the first or last. had 10 of them till was there and many after i left for sure he must have had

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

MItal, congrats on the new lens. This shot definitely has the 800mm look. great BG, pose, details and exposure. A little tight in the frame(the virtual legs issue as Stu mentioned) but otherwise pretty much perfect.

[Carmelo Cannova]

Cool and funny shot. The highlight are spot on. Great capture.

Carmelo

[yogesh_puranik]

amazing amazing stunning image..nice exposure sharpness..superb one bhai

[RakeshDhareshwar]

The exposure and the pose is class !!! What is that on the beak ?? a small crab ?? . A little tight wrt the compo as mentioned .

[Mital Patel]

The exposure and the pose is class !!! What is that on the beak ?? a small crab ?? . A little tight wrt the compo as mentioned .

Rakesh Bhai,

thats a small fish

[arash_hazeghi]

great, nice light and details