It's nice to have a cooperative subject every now and then....in this case it was two cooperative subjects. A road runs between a lake and two Egrets fish on either side of it. They seem to have an understanding and stay out of each others way. Between boaters and photographers that like to roam (never understood how someone thinks a bird will stay when you walk straight at them) they scare the Egrets into flight...I just sit and wait while the others do all the work.

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All excellent captures but that #7 is definitely my favorite. Superb series Duane. Thanks for sharing.

yep, #7 is a beauty, just a tad tight on the bottom IMO.
All purdy durn nice exposures sir

Awesome captures, well done

Splendid whites on the egrets ... excellent captures!

#7 is my favorite.

What kind of hawk is in #8?

Thanks for sharing,
Tom

Nice stuff - 3 and 7 are killer, for me at least. Getting the right exposure on these critters has got to be tough.

Beautiful set Duane,

Lil

Wouldn't be a post from Duane without an eagle. Very nice job on these Duane, #7 is my favourite.

Rob

These are quite nice Duane. Simple and beautiful, just the right hue on that water in the BG and the light was your friend My picks are the legless egret, I like the form and the head position with outstretched leading wing and of course #7 has got 'hang me on the wall' written all over it, wow buddy that is simply stunning

Fine work on the exposures, the setting sounds very entertaining

Karl

Very nice series. good work on the exposures.
7 would be my favorite.


marty

They are all beauties. The exposure is spot on. Great action sequence.
Harsha

Thanks everyone for the replies. I muffed the camera settings on the in-flights and for some reason they were underexposed having bright morning light available. I was shooting at +1/3 EC and had to up the exposure in ACR by 70...introduced some noise in the process. Still haven't figured out why they were underexposed with these settings and conditions.

#7 and #8 are my top picks out of this bunch. Neat captures Duane.


Jude

Terrific egret images. Looks like waiting paid off.

Wayne

Now there is a better proportion Terrific series Duane, can't pick a favorite I like them all - those landing shots are cool and have lovely detail

- Gene

harshaj1 wrote:
They are all beauties. The exposure is spot on. Great action sequence.
Harsha

Ditto to that.

Tony

All of these photos are EXCELLENT. They are a pure joy to look at. If I had to pick just one to have made into a wall hangar it would be #7.

It is a piece of fine art.


Lynn

Thank you Jude, Wayne, Gene, Tony and Lynn for the kind words.