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p.1 #1 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Spent two evenings at the Baylands recently. The snowy egrets and great egrets are becoming quite active, and the duck pond is always entertaining. By the way, I highly recommend bringing a bottle of wine while photographing egrets in the evening – makes an already enjoyable experience even more fabulous!!! As always, comments and critiques are most sincerely welcome.
-- Susan

#1 Snowy egret in flight

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#2 Another snowy, on his way back home

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#3 Snowy egret displaying

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#4 All ruffled up

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#5 Dutiful husband, of the great egret variety, with a stick

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#6 Closer to home

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#7 Snowy egret in full display

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#8 Great egret with a new stick

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#9 Snowy egret

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#10 Great egret stepping out from the nest

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#11 Great egret posing

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#12 Snowy egret trying hard to outdo the great egret

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#13 And one goose, just for variety…

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May 06, 2008 at 01:11 AM

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p.1 #2 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Beautiful shots Susan

Congratulations..... I finally got a Snowy displaying, but with horrible bg.

These are wonderful & I pick # 3, 4 & 12 as my top picks...

Lil

May 06, 2008 at 01:43 AM

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p.1 #3 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

#'s 3, 7 and 12 most awesome Susan.
Love seeing images with those displays....and the backlight is a sweet touch

May 06, 2008 at 01:44 AM

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p.1 #4 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Susan you done did really gooood with this set.

Wacky roger

May 06, 2008 at 02:06 AM

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p.1 #5 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Susan, these are wonderful. Nice lighting. The displays are gorgeous. 2,3 and 7 for me.

Tim

May 06, 2008 at 02:14 AM

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p.1 #6 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Great series Susan.

May 06, 2008 at 02:38 AM

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p.1 #7 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Very nice series Susan. My favorites are #2, 3, 6, 7 and 9.

Looks like you were handling your gear quite steadily after the bottle of wine.

May be I should take a bottle of whisky in my next outing.

Jude

May 06, 2008 at 02:40 AM

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Absolutely gorgeous pictures and most probably among the most beautiful shots of these birds I have seen in a while.
The Egretta tula or snowy egrets are well known by their black legs and yellow feet. I am sure you know they only show feathers like those when they are in breeding season. Here in South Florida they are more plentiful during the winter months. I tried many times to photograph them at the Everglades National Park, always unsuccessfully. During a visit with the family to the Miami Zoo there was a beautiful one posing for me at the very entrance. The picture came out great and the enlargement printed with a professional HP printer was awesome. Life is full of surprises I guess!
Congratulations for your excellent shots.
William Rodriguez
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May 06, 2008 at 02:46 AM

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Ummm.........Wow Susan

Nice touch on these. Well disciplined exposures and backlight control. First, thank goodness for dutiful husbands building nest

OK, now a few favorites, #3 and #11 just beautiful. Wonderful presentation, and great attention to details on your part.

Karl

May 06, 2008 at 03:21 AM

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camerapapi wrote:
Absolutely gorgeous pictures and most probably among the most beautiful shots of these birds I have seen in a while

+1

stunning stuff, well doen.

Andy

May 06, 2008 at 03:30 AM

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p.1 #11 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

You have to be very pleased with these Susan... they are just beautiful. Skillfully executed.

May 06, 2008 at 04:19 AM

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p.1 #12 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

3,4,7

Raz

May 06, 2008 at 04:31 AM

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p.1 #13 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Susan, these are great. I love those snowy egret breeding displays! I can't wait to visit the Baylands this weekend and try my luck!

Chris

May 06, 2008 at 04:49 AM

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p.1 #14 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Susan these are off the top images! among the best i've seen yet! What a display they put on for ya!

The big palm trees in #1 makes her look so small

May 06, 2008 at 05:00 AM

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p.1 #15 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Great series Susan. # 3 and 7 are really good

May 06, 2008 at 05:03 AM

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These photos are a joy to view, I love the breeding plumage and the flight shots with nesting material are excellent too

May 06, 2008 at 06:13 AM

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Good stuff little lady

May 06, 2008 at 07:48 AM

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p.1 #18 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Sue:
What a collection of egrets...
IQ & PP aside what amazes me how sleek they look IF compared to posing

IQ & PP amazing too.

May 06, 2008 at 10:25 AM

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Susan -
I always enjoy your coverage of the Baylands during breeding season.
- Ken

May 06, 2008 at 02:40 PM

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p.1 #20 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Very nice series! #2 and #7 are presonal favs.

J

May 06, 2008 at 03:25 PM

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Lil Judd wrote:
Beautiful shots Susan
Congratulations..... I finally got a Snowy displaying, but with horrible bg.
These are wonderful & I pick # 3, 4 & 12 as my top picks...
Lil

Thanks so much Lil - and keep going with that Snowy!!! They are fabulous subjects, and BGs do matter....

Dave In La wrote:
#'s 3, 7 and 12 most awesome Susan.
Love seeing images with those displays....and the backlight is a sweet touch

Multo thanks, Dave - and from all appearances, you guys are having WAY too much fun down your way lately!!!!

thehotel wrote:
Susan you done did really gooood with this set.
Wacky roger

Thank you so very much - it was fun - especially with some wine thrown into the mix!!!!!

Tim Kuhn wrote:
Susan, these are wonderful. Nice lighting. The displays are gorgeous. 2,3 and 7 for me.
Tim

Hey Tim, thank you! Especially for the picks. It is great fun to watch these guys on display - wish I could include the "glub glub glub" sound effects......

May 07, 2008 at 03:32 AM

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All are excellent, but #6 is really superb. Gregg

May 07, 2008 at 01:17 PM

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p.1 #23 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Great shots Susan,

#3,4,12 with ruffled feathers are my favs. Lighting and exposure is striking.

May 07, 2008 at 01:53 PM

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p.1 #24 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Sue, wonderful job on all of these, the whites look good.

May 07, 2008 at 02:02 PM

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p.1 #25 · Lots of egrets at the Baylands (13)

Beautiful portraits of those snowy egrets Sue - so regal in the way they display themselves.

Wine, eh? Did you bring your chardonnay to eos adapter as well

May 08, 2008 at 04:40 PM


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