A Little Snowy in Florida Last Night

Osprey Whisperer

Just a few captures of this dirty little egret flying down the canal out in the backyard. Fly....birdy...FLY!!1

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Harryb

Good captures Mike. BTW egrets are not dirty. THey do pretty good wearing all white in those swamps, you know.

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Harryb wrote:

Good captures Mike. BTW egrets are not dirty. THey do pretty good wearing all white in those swamps, you know.

Defending the birds? Is this the same guy that called them "EVIL" ...and mentioned shooting them with a shotgun??

I guess they are not "really" dirty. They are usually so darn white they are blinding. They also make a good exposure difficult against the bright Florida sun. So easy to blow out highlights/whites on these "clean" birds.

I wish they were blue or purple...or something. WHite is soooo boring after a while. Thank heavens for photoshop.

Thanks Harry.

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Osprey Whisperer

Would this count as a "dirty egret" picture?

ginger_55

Bird Man, love your snowy shots!

Aren't you all hot down there in "sunny" florida?

I love Snowys, you could send all evil Snowys to Mt Pleasant, SC.

Do you PS the snowys into white, or is your dirty snowy from another shoot?

I don't get dirty snowys, but I do get dirty egrets. I actually read about this in a magazine. They molt, look terrible before and during, then the time to get their photo is when they have their now coat/feathers.

ginger

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ginger_55 wrote:

Bird Man, love your snowy shots!

Aren't you all hot down there in "sunny" florida?

I love Snowys, you could send all evil Snowys to Mt Pleasant, SC.

Do you PS the snowys into white, or is your dirty snowy from another shoot?

I don't get dirty snowys, but I do get dirty egrets. I actually read about this in a magazine. They molt, look terrible before and during, then the time to get their photo is when they have their now coat/feathers.

ginger

Thanks Ginger.

Yes...it's been HOT here in sunny Florida. Heat index for the month has been averaging about 105*. Makes shooting rather uncomfortable.

I'll see if I can send somd of the "evil" snowys your way.

There were a couple/few different snowys I shot on the same day. Not much PS/PP work done. I do use a little dodge 'n' burn tool in some areas.

These birds are not real "dirty". They are pretty darn clean compared to myself. I live in white t-shirts...and well..they are never "white" like the egrets. Guess more bleach is needed in the wash??

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bfjr

Hey Mike I'm with Harry Snowys are anything but dirty.
and your series isn't dirty, it's just fine
Like the wing detail in several of the shots

To bad we quit bird poker for awhile (Jeff ran out of chips :lol4) you might of won a hand with this one

Osprey Whisperer

Thanks Ben. Not much of a poker player...but that was fun. We'll have to pick it back up again soon.


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