A Little SNOWY today

Osprey Whisperer

Snowy egret ......that is. It was a lovely 75* and sunny today. NO SNOW IN THE FORCAST. :rofl :rofl This little fellow decided to come and keep me company as I sat on a bench on the inter-coastal waterway, today.

Thanks for looking.















Cheers

MM

ginger_55

Nice company I bet he was!

I like the last two shots best!

Something about the hairdo! Did you use gel?

ginger

Osprey Whisperer

Thanks Ginger. I used a little moose on 'em. That gel stuff is too "wet" looking. I had a great bit of difficulty dragging enough extension cords with me to run the hair dryer.

:uhoh

JCDoss

I agree with Ginger... you definitely saved the best for last!

Stormdancing

Photo #2 he is saying - who do you think you are sitting on MY bench!

I like the last one where he looks rather ruffled.

vandana

Nice whites ! You guys manage these white bird exposure so right and so consistently !the last one is great !

Ric Grupe

Deep thought or....
....quiet contemplation? Both very difficult for a bird brain!



Both eyes .....

pathfinder

Very nice!! I prefer the first two shots with the nice contrast of the stark black background and the fine white detail of the bird.

Shots 3 and 4 seem oversharpened slightly on my monitor, and thus get edged out by the first two images.

Osprey Whisperer

Thanks everyone. I appreciate you taking a look and commenting. Sorry if I oversharpened them and they cut someone's eyes. I tend to do that a good bit from what I've been told. They still look a bit blury to me. :uhoh Time to order some new eyes ..online. Does B&H sell new eyeballs for a self installation project?

These little snowy egrets are very friendly and quite the characters. They like to pose.....beg for food....and tell you when you've stepped out of line.

The "double eyed" shot kind of reminds me of another shot of mine.....in the "bizzaro" world.



Cheers.

MM

Rohirrim

Great series Mike. I really like that first one! Nice and sharp, nice expression captured.

Now, about your comments on the weather :duel

jwear

nice shooting mike good to have no snow right

Osprey Whisperer

Thanks Steve & Jeff. The weather has been great and you know what's best of all, Jeff? I love when I can rub it in on those 500mm owning snow bird photogs with frost on their lens. :hide

A few more of the lil' snowy.

Rohirrim

Another very nice set of Snowy's. Great Captures

All the Snowy's Ive come across have been on the skittish side. Must be the humidity down there softening up their grey matter.

Harryb

Hey Mike,

Nice series of shots. The first pic is the strongest. Excellent comp in that shot.

Frog Lady

ready for a fight?



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is that for real? He looks like he's ready to punch you out; what'd ya do to get him mad??

they are all neat pics.

cheers,

Osprey Whisperer

Thanks Steve,Harry & Colleen.

Frog Lady wrote:

is that for real? He looks like he's ready to punch you out; what'd ya do to get him mad??

I whistled at his lady.....and then talked trash about his mother. Guess he didn't like that. :uhoh

Yes..that is for real. No PS magic on that one. The egret was just shaking his feathers a bit. I don't think I had anything to do with ruffling them.