Great Egret

IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
edited November 17, 2010 in Wildlife
Well, that's the bird's name anyway. The photo's OK, but not "great." This was the best critter shot I got from my trip to the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. The birds there are really "jumpy." and even with a 300mm on a crop body, I just could not get close. The mosquitos were voracious too.

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John :
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Still a nice capture of the Egret, and maybe a more blurred out background might help, which can be down in photoshop rather easy. Sometimes these birds are jumpy and will take flight and yet others times they just will stay there.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    They don't like us...always going the other way.

    300mm is the sweet spot optically, but almost worthless for wildlife in my experience...too bad. I'd love to use my 300L IS f/4 lens more. The f 2.8 version does well with tc's but it is heavy to haul around out in the field.

    Maybe landscapes is the way to go! rolleyes1.gifnah
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    I saw this guy out there with a D3s on a huge Gitzo tripod. Big honkin Nikkor 300mm f2.8 with a 1.7 TC slung under a gimball mount. He was quitting. Said he was tired. rolleyes1.gif

    I was wondering why Nikon or Canon doesn't work on a high quality body with a 2x crop factor. I cannot imagine they don't have the technology to give a good enough IQ with a smaller sensor. Hell, I'd be near the front of that line waiting to buy. No bokeh, but man, what reach!
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • JillLangJillLang Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Wonderful egret shot! Love how you froze him and the background looks great.
    Jill

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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    JillLang wrote: »
    Wonderful egret shot! Love how you froze him and the background looks great.

    Thanks Jill. I agree with Dennis though, that the existing BG could be a bit nicer with better bokeh. F5.6 is all I've got thoughmwink.gif. Maybe it's a good crappy-weather-day project in PS.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Good capture of a difficult subject. You have to come down to Florida sometime. The local wildlife down here is much more tolerant of us photographers. Sometimes 300mm on a crop body is too much reach.
    Harry
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Harryb wrote: »
    Good capture of a difficult subject. You have to come down to Florida sometime. The local wildlife down here is much more tolerant of us photographers. Sometimes 300mm on a crop body is too much reach.

    Wow, Harry! That's hard to imagine. Guess I can use my D700! Or, even better . . . the 70-200 f2.8!
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Icebear wrote: »
    Wow, Harry! That's hard to imagine. Guess I can use my D700! Or, even better . . . the 70-200 f2.8!

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    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    That is ONE GIGUNDOUS lens you got there Harry. But is it good for it to lay in the water like that?
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2010
    No kidding, Harry. What kind of tripod do you use for that thing? Best, Pam
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