I was able to witness and capture the flying and diving for fish from this small, active white heron, the Snowy Egret. I have seen egrets usually feed while standing on shallow water or by an edge of the water but NOT flying and diving for fish in deep water like this. I was more amazed by his/her quick and sudden stop and turn during low level flying to catch a fish.
Now, since I don't know exactly what constitute a "Holy Grail" shot, etc.... I'll just let you FMers decide. Please give me some C&C if you can, especially if you don't think so. Frankly, it isn't about it being the HG or not....but just want to share my experience and maybe have a little fun. These were taken yesterday at Moss Landing just shortly before sunset. All Exifs are intact. Thank you so very much.
Dan
P.S. Mr. ZOOM and JB, get ready to hand over the official decoder ring
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way of trying to win any award or popular contest w/ this post or any of my posts. Believe me, I am no where as good as most of you who posted here. Good or bad results...HG or not, I hope to get some feedbacks to learn/improve and have a little fun along w/ it.
1. A typical Egret flying
2. This is where the action begins...spotting his fish. From 2-6, they are the actual frame to frame sequence.
Hi Dan, great sequence. I consider it a Holy Grail and I voted. I've seen this behavior before from a snowy egret in Pacific coastal Mexico, namely in Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo. The egrets had to fish on the wing as there were crocodiles in the water. There were yellow crowned and snowy egrets fishing nearby the crocs in this fashion. I'll have to dig up some shots from last year.
Herb
Fantastic series, Danno! The focus and whites are spot-on. I would say Holy Grail but then you would have nothing more to live for...so for your sake, I vote for 99.9% HG!
Real sweet set Dan! I voted for you, I think it qualifies. But if it does so did this that I posted a little while ago. This guy dove out of the air to get the fish. I have also seen greenies doing the same thing.
Due to the rarity of this event, I deemed it a holy grail, but really there should have been a "mini" grail category Danno this was an excellent series, well done and very sharp and I hope to catch something like it someday!
These were taken yesterday at Moss Landing just shortly before sunset. All Exifs are intact. Thank you so very much.
