There be egrets there..

evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
edited September 8, 2008 in Wildlife
No slim pickin's today.

I got out to the wetlands before the crack of dawn, before the birds got there, and waited, real quiet like..

All 40D w/ 100-400L, a few with the nasty 1.4X

If not mistaken, a marbled godwit, and if it is, it's somewhat rare around here..

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buzzard.jpg

A shot I have always wanted, an egret with a fish...

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egret_w_fish2.jpg

egret.jpg

egret2.jpg

THis is all from the first of 5 cards, I still have 20 gigs to go through. No slim pickin's today :barb

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,958 moderator
    edited September 6, 2008
    That 5th one is a nice shot with the reflection and light.

    Where the heck in Carson is that?
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2008
    Nice captures clap.gif 1, 4, and 5.

    How many shots did you take this morning. rolleyes1.gif
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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2008
    ian408 wrote:
    That 5th one is a nice shot with the reflection and light.

    Where the heck in Carson is that?

    Thanks:D

    Where? Washoe lake, in between Carson and Reno.

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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    Nice captures clap.gif 1, 4, and 5.

    How many shots did you take this morning. rolleyes1.gif

    How many? Not sure, five 4 gig cards, about 250 shots per, so maybe 1200 or so. At 6.5fps it doesn't take longne_nau.gif

    Thanks for the nice words.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2008
    Nice shutter punchin'. I really like the last two. The light and reflection are awesome. thumb.gif
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    excellent set!! :ivar your finger must be sore going from slim to 1200 shots!!:photo rolleyes1.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    egret.jpg

    Yeah, baby! thumb.gifclap.gifbow
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Eggy, #4 is a winner. IMO bring up the exposure some. Spend some time in post on that shot it's got huge potential.
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    All really nice images. The first one is excellent for detail but that fifth one takes best in show for me. The color of the reflected sky just adds another dimension to set it off bowdown.gif
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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    I need one of those patented Andy tutorialsne_nau.gif

    Just kidding. The only was I see to do this is to select the bird and promote him to his own layer. So much work:cry
    Andy wrote:
    Eggy, #4 is a winner. IMO bring up the exposure some. Spend some time in post on that shot it's got huge potential.
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  • CatoCato Registered Users Posts: 287 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2008
    Great set, I'm a bit partial to the turkey vulture shot... :D

    #4 is phenomenal, I agree that the exposure needs to be brought up a bit, but what a shot! bowdown.gif
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