Boy oh boy was I ever in the right spot at the right time! No less then 9 Great Egrets came over and landed, one after the other, close to where I was already positioned! These guys are skittish here so it was quite a thrill for me to have this happen anywhere else but Estero Lagoon. After simply hanging out for about 15 minutes they all took off and moved on further down to where another 6 were already fishing. Here is one of my favorites, a toe-skimming landing action image (I got a few of those from different individuals). Crop is intentionally un-conventional to emphasise the long streak in the water.
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/7.1, ISO 400, natural light, handheld, cropped for comp (about 70% FF), some Gaussian blur on and around the horizon line to minimize heat shimmer (which is still a bit apparent, but looked un-natural if pushed further).
Last edited by Daniel Cadieux; 08-15-2015 at 05:42 PM.
Reason: A couple of typos...
Great Egret Skimming the Water.
. After simply hanging out for about 15 minutes they all took off and moved on further down to where another 6 were already fishing. Here is one of my favorites, a toe-skimming landing action image (I got a few of those from different individuals). Crop is intentionally un-conventional to emphasise the long streak in the water.
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