800/2X III TC, 5D MIII Autofocus

[Arthur Morris]

This Cattle Egret in mega-breeding plumage was photographed with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 2X III TC, and the EOS-5D Mark III. To learn how I used autofocus with this combination and to see the original, click here.

Don't be shy; all honest comments welcome.

[Sachin Saraf]

Fabulous Image Artie...Love the colors,sharpness and BG..

[Marina Scarr]

A real beauty, Artie. Love the details and how the colors pop off that clean BG.

[Gary Esman]

Great shot Artie, looks like that camera rocks. How is the iso performance?

Gary

[jack williamson]

Highly detailed, correct colors and exposure. The detail in the eye is amazing.

Jack

[dankearl]

Very nice, you nailed the DOF on this one.
Great detail and color.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Amazing detail and colors with the combo! AWEsome!

[Satish Ranadive]

Sweet Portrait.Loved the details and beautiful colors.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Artie, tack, tack sharp, and just love the finer plumage from the crest - and very well processed too. Perfect comp, and you have captured the breeding colours so well.

[Arthur Morris]

Very nice, you nailed the DOF on this one. Great detail and color.

Thanks Dan but f/11 with this set-up is wide open .

[Arthur Morris]

Great shot Artie, looks like that camera rocks. How is the iso performance? Gary

Thanks Gary. You can read my thoughts on the 5D III's high ISO noise performance in "Canon EOS-5D Mark III High ISO performance here.

[Morkel Erasmus]

as tack sharp as they get, Artie
love the colours, detail and exposure

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Artie, tack, tack sharp, and just love the finer plumage from the crest - and very well processed too. Perfect comp, and you have captured the breeding colours so well.

Thanks Stu. Can you confirm that they look quite different in breeding plumage in your part of the world?

[Stu Bowie]

Can you confirm that they look quite different in breeding plumage in your part of the world?

Hi Artie, ours look exactly the same in breeding colours. We have certain species that are just like yours over there. Apart from the above egret, Coots are one that come to mind too - no different at all.

[Grace Scalzo]

A beautiful speciman, well done. So pleasing to view. Complimentary colors in the background really make him pop.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A beautiful image Artie - top notch!

[Troy Lim]

Sweet shot overall, composition, exposure and great details. Good portrait.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Artie, ours look exactly the same in breeding colours. We have certain species that are just like yours over there. Apart from the above egret, Coots are one that come to mind too - no different at all.

That surprised me. All of the images of I have seen of African Cattle Egrets depict birds with tons of buffy even brownish feathers about the head and breast and none of the killer colors that we get over here. Who knows????

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Artie, I had a look at one of my egret images. I agree, the breeding colours are no way as intense as your example posted - yours is a great speciman. Hope you dont mind, Im posting ours.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice one Stu. That looks like a typical Florida bird, just like the ones that Clemens and I were photographing this morning. TFS.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Fantatsic colors and the IQ is tops...5D MKIII looks great!

[Declan Troy]

North American and African Cattle Egrets ought to look similar as they are the same species. Cattle Egrets have undergone a remarkable natural range expansion in historic times. Indeed it is ongoing. The expansion has been unassisted in that human release of the birds has not been a major factor; however, agricultural practices has made for habitats favorable for the species. They arrived in the New World (South America) from Africa at the end of the 1800s. They reached Florida as a breeding species in the 1950s, within the lifetime of many BPN members. Although they seem ubiquitous down there, Cattle Egret is a rather recent arrival to North America.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Artie you definately nailed this one as you had thought. Just beautiful. Pleasure meeting you BTW

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Perfect portrait of this handsome bird. The compo proves to deliver the right product when done properly, like in your case!