Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harryb

There's only 12 shooting days before.................

EGRET FEST 2009

That's right our yearly celebration of all things egret (egrets, herons, bitterns) is just around the corner. New captures, old captures, all captures of the glory of egretness will be welcome at

EGRET FEST 2009
:clap :barb :photo :lynnma :slosh :freaky :slurp :dj :drums :beer :super :smo :smile6

Andy

Pre-egretFest celebration, Santa Catalina Island, CA. Last week.

8/10th sec, handheld with 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

Cygnus Studios

Good grief, how about a warning. That is a face only a mother could love.

Harryb

Andy wrote:

Pre-egretFest celebration, Santa Catalina Island, CA. Last week.

8/10th sec, handheld with 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

Not too shabby Andy. Really a wonderful capture.

anonymouscuban

Andy wrote:

Pre-egretFest celebration, Santa Catalina Island, CA. Last week.

8/10th sec, handheld with 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

How the heck did you get such a steady shot at 1/60th??? I have trouble getting that clear of a shot at 1/60th. You have a damn steady hand my friend or you have some sort of Jedi secret to holding cam.

Ric Grupe

Man time flies!

I don't think they will be here in time for me.:cry

I have some old stuff I can wheel out.

cmason

Andy wrote:

Pre-egretFest celebration, Santa Catalina Island, CA. Last week.

1/10th sec, handheld with 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

Excellent payoff from IS!! Most impressive that the bird cooperated and held perfectly still...unlike those pesky leaves.

granite.thunder

! )
:lurk

bfjr

EXCELLENT NEWS, ABOUT FRICKIN TIME, REALLY !!! :wow :wow

I offically throw my Egrets in the Ring..................

He's off to let the others know

Andy

anonymouscuban wrote:

How the heck did you get such a steady shot at 1/60th??? I have trouble getting that clear of a shot at 1/60th. You have a damn steady hand my friend or you have some sort of Jedi secret to holding cam.

it was actually 8/10s of a second:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=491896837&ImageKey=yndh2


Thanks!

Gale

Beautiful shot.
Nice light....

hTr

Hey Harry, What is the Egret Fest? Is there a Submission location?

Andy

hTr wrote:

Hey Harry, What is the Egret Fest? Is there a Submission location?

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.dgrin.com+egret+fest&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

hTr

Andy wrote:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.dgrin.com+egret+fest&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Hey thank Andy!!!

dlplumer

Andy wrote:

it was actually 8/10s of a second:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=491896837&ImageKey=yndh2


Thanks!

So how did you do it?

stevehapp

i havent seen many egrets lately.
today they were hiding around the other side of the swamp..
sneaky things..

do i have to dredge up old wounds??

Andy

dlplumer wrote:

So how did you do it?

IS Lens, elbows to your nipples. Fire off two shots, the 2nd shot is always sharper than the first.

Osprey Whisperer

These guys noticed online that EGRET FEST was coming.





They decided to get warmmed up for the party.









I'd say they are good and ready for the goldfish eating contest.









We need something a bit more SHOCKING this year. I want OSPREY FEST.













I know BEN and several others would much rather have BOOBIE FEST.



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O.K. Maybe not what you had in mind.....and probably not such a good idea. EGRET FEST ...it is!!!!

dlplumer

Andy wrote:

IS Lens, elbows to your nipples. Fire off two shots, the 2nd shot is always sharper than the first.

Thanks

traunerk

Seems not all are pleased about Egret Fest!




EGRET FEST 2009
:photo :slosh :slurp :smo [/quote]

Harryb

Marvelous stuff Mike

Highly inappropriate Keith. :nono
The only thing worse would have bene a tree rat.

bfjr

Harryb wrote:

Marvelous stuff Mike

Highly inappropriate Keith. :nono
The only thing worse would have bene a tree rat.

However eating one extremely appropo nez pa

dadwtwins

Andy wrote:

Pre-egretFest celebration, Santa Catalina Island, CA. Last week.

8/10th sec, handheld with 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

I sadly can vouch for Andy since I was there. I actually tried to take this shot as well but failed miserably. Not everyone can be as good as master Andybow

But I do have this shot instead

JAG

my best crane pic.....taken in Key Largo at sunset.....most beautiful things one could ever imagine. I my never get another opportunity...

[Deleted User]

An outstanding photograph

It should certainly be a wall hanger.

anonymouscuban

Jag,

That's probably one of the most awesome photos I've ever seen. Absolutely everything is right in that photo. That gets 5 out of 5 clapping happy faces in my book!!

bfjr

The Conductor says................strike up the band and warm up your
instruments .......only 6 days to go

borderbrae

Andy wrote:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.dgrin.com+egret+fest&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Andy, When I click on that link I wind up at Google, results page with all sorts of stuff/links to posts about previous Egret Fests. Maybe this could be a subject or thread like lenses for wildlife?

dlplumer

bfjr

Good Stuff Dan, nice detail in the whites
I think this is going to be an Active Egret Fest 2009

SoonerShawn

Cattle Egrets count? This one was taken a couple of years ago at a rookery on Lake Texoma, where I live.