An Egret Couple and a couple of Herons

gaylenick

Hi All!

Just a few photos from the past couple of weeks.

An Egret Couple







A hungry Heron -





Heron Headshot -




I hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend and look forward to a summer of great photos, here on dGrin.

Gayle

bfjr

Just excellent series
Love the food :eat shot

ginger_55

Wonderful, Gayle, just wonderful!

ginger, even the fish looks great.

BigAl

Great series The heron with the fish is a real catch

regards
alan

Harryb

Marvelous Gayle. The snowy egrets shots are excellent. The GBH's catch shot is specail. I wish I had taken that one.

gaylenick

Ben -

Thank you for the thumbs up on my egrets and herons. I had never tried to or thought about photographing birds and wildlife until I started lurking on dGrin. Talk about addictive and...there is such a variety to chose from.

Gayle

bfjr wrote:

Just excellent series
Love the food :eat shot

gaylenick

Ginger -

Thank you for the nice comments on my birds. I always watch for your post and it is great to hear from you.

Gayle

ginger_55 wrote:

Wonderful, Gayle, just wonderful!

ginger, even the fish looks great.

gaylenick

Alan

Thank you for the great comments. I took the picture of the heron with the fish, off a little foot bridge over a small lake. People were throwing pieces of bread to the little fish in the lake and that heron was having a picnic. He was the only bird around and would just wade into the school of fish and grab dinner. That heron put on quite a show, people would clap for him when he finally swallowed a fish.

Gayle

BigAl wrote:

Great series The heron with the fish is a real catch

regards
alan

Khaos

Great set.

ehughes

Very cool shots, love those first two

Ed

Shima

How close are you when you take those? I have egrets and herons that I was trying to photograph today but they weren't as close as they needed to be to get any excellent shots like those... I do not have a telephoto lens yet, suppose that might help...

Hope you can give advice for someone aspiring to eventually take pictures like those

gaylenick

Harry -

Your comments on my shots make me feel great. Especially, the comment on the GBH shot. Every time I look at one of your post, I think I wish I could do that. The great thing about that is, it encourages me to go out and try new things with my camera.

Gayle

Harryb wrote:

Marvelous Gayle. The snowy egrets shots are excellent. The GBH's catch shot is specail. I wish I had taken that one.

gaylenick

Khaos,

Thank you for the comments!

Gayle

Khaos wrote:

Great set.

gaylenick

Ed,

Thank you!

Gayle

ehughes wrote:

Very cool shots, love those first two

Ed

gaylenick

Shima

I wish I had a story of elaborate lenses and camera settings to tell you about the egret shots. But, here is the truth. I shoot with a Sony F828. No special lenses, no photoshop on the computer, just iPhoto. I can get close to the birds, because I live near a large rookery. There are boardwalks through out the rookery, and the birds are used to photographers. They pretty much ignore us.

My advice, from someone who is very much still learning. Follow the forum, check out photography magazines and books, look for shots you really like and try to figure out how you can make them happen. (Maybe not the exact same shot, but lighting and composition, with a subject of your choosing). Don't be afraid to try out all the settings and gadgets on your camera. From my experience so far, you can't hurt a camera by trying new things. The neat thing about digital is you can delete the photo if you don't like it and you have all the information stored with the photo if you do.

Best of luck with your school. Take pictures when you get a chance and share them in August.

Gayle

Shima wrote:

How close are you when you take those? I have egrets and herons that I was trying to photograph today but they weren't as close as they needed to be to get any excellent shots like those... I do not have a telephoto lens yet, suppose that might help...

Hope you can give advice for someone aspiring to eventually take pictures like those

MacHeadCase

Gorgeous! Wow! The detail is stunning!