Let the egret fest begin

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited March 18, 2005 in Wildlife
Hi You'll,

Just got out of the hospital after my colonoscopy so I haven't been able to use My d2H yet so I figured I would share some of my D100 shots of one my favorite subjects the Great Egret. I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but they wouldn't let me bring my camera into the room sad.gif

The Egret Egret is a graceful looking bird
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but he doesn't mind getting funky on occasion
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He's always on the hunt for food
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and he's usually sucessful
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all shots taken with the 80-400VR and the 300mm/f4 lenses
Harry
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but they wouldn't let me bring my camera into the room
    clap.gifclap.gif thankfully they had this policy in place eek7.gif

    awesome birds, h, and so many, this will really get fish in a tizzy lol3.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Let me be the 1st, as always great shots thumb.gifthumb
    What's he/she doing in that second shot?? Biching at ya headscratch.gif
    Love those reflections :):. I gotta reflection of bee on my motorcycle helmet, not quite the same......huh rolleyes1.gifrofl

    Oh yeah thank you to the hospital for enforcing the rules clap.gifclapclap.gif
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited March 10, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hi You'll,

    Just got out of the hospital after my colonoscopy so I haven't been able to use My d2H yet...

    bet that's not all you can't use yet... :):

    glad everything, um, came out alright!
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited March 10, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    ... I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but...
    don't worry, THEY did! rolleyes1.gif
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    That last one's great, Harry.

    Normally I'd say that a colonoscopy is too narrow a subject to shoot... but not in your case. naughty.gif
    Sid.
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but they wouldn't let me bring my camera into the room sad.gif
    I would say that there would be some severe lighting problems. If that isn't shooting where the sun don't shine, I don't know what is. rolleyes1.gif
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  • Michiel de BriederMichiel de Brieder Registered Users Posts: 864 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    The second shot is REALLY cool! Is that an egret from the swinging sixties? Don't tell me you've found an Egret sharing your age :lol
    great shots Harry thumb.gif
    *In my mind it IS real*
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 10, 2005
    Nicely shot set of images, Harry. Lovely color in bright clear sun light.thumb.gif
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 10, 2005
    Wonderful Harry ^5
    I really like the hip hop look in the 2nd pic.....lol Andy may be right about Fish being upset. Looks like your Egret is snacking on one of his relatives lol3.gif

    Re: your colonoscopy, hope everything turns out well for you thumb.gif I'm sort of relieved that they wouldn't let you shoot the procedure :uhoh It's not quite the same thing as, say, Andy's Dentist shot.....Laughing.gif

    You've got your new camera and your gonna let a little thing like a colonoscopy keep you from trying it out? headscratch.gif Strap a bag of ice on your butt and get out there (now there's a terrifying mental image :lol) Remember what they say; No pain, no gain rolleyes1.gif


    Feel better soon buddy thumb.gif

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    andy wrote:
    clap.gifclap.gif thankfully they had this policy in place eek7.gif

    awesome birds, h, and so many, this will really get fish in a tizzy lol3.gif
    Hey Andy,

    I really wanted to be he first to do a photo essay on a colonoscopy:cry Oh well, they want to do another next year maybe I can sneak in a phone camera :):

    Thnak s for the comments on the egrets and I still have another hundred or so in the hopper. rolleyes1.gif
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Andy,

    I really wanted to be he first to do a photo essay on a colonoscopy:cry Oh well, they want to do another next year maybe I can sneak in a phone camera :):

    Thnak s for the comments on the egrets and I still have another hundred or so in the hopper. rolleyes1.gif
    Hey Harry mine is in some textbook if ya want to see one so bad..rolleyes1.gif Great shots as usual
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Katie Couric had hers on TV! I didn't watch. That is an idea, I'll tell my doctor that I will consent to one IF I can bring my camera.

    Don't know how I could make the preparation pleasurable, though. I figure Katie Couric had lots of people to talk to. Camera people all over.

    Good egret shots. I would like, pretty soon, to get out and shoot some more birds. I swear, all I have are egrets..........a few, very few, herons, the Ibises, and the X rated hawks.

    Harry, could you please send me some storks?
    Or flocks of flying birds, many. It would take many shots for me to get one.

    ginger
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Let me be the 1st, as always great shots thumb.gifthumb
    What's he/she doing in that second shot?? Biching at ya headscratch.gif
    Love those reflections :):. I gotta reflection of bee on my motorcycle helmet, not quite the same......huh rolleyes1.gifrofl

    Oh yeah thank you to the hospital for enforcing the rules clap.gifclapclap.gif
    Hey Ben,

    Thank you for youre kind comments. The egret in the second shot is just one of those egrets who is ticked off on GP. I love catching those reflections.

    If the hospital hadn't been so darned strict I could have redefined the "butt shot". rolleyes1.gif
    Harry
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Andy,

    I really wanted to be he first to do a photo essay on a colonoscopy:cry Oh well, they want to do another next year maybe I can sneak in a phone camera :):

    Thnak s for the comments on the egrets and I still have another hundred or so in the hopper. rolleyes1.gif

    uh harry, i don't think they make a lens wiiiiide enough for this shot lol3.gif


































































    :hide
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Angelo wrote:
    don't worry, THEY did! rolleyes1.gif
    Hey Angelo,

    Yeah but they won't post them on dgrin:cry Oh well I still have a hernia surgery coming up that may provide a few photo ops rolleyes1.gif
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    That last one's great, Harry.

    Normally I'd say that a colonoscopy is too narrow a subject to shoot... but not in your case. naughty.gif
    Hey Sid,

    Thank you glad you liked hte shot.

    As for my colonoscopy shot lets just say there's a reason why Nikon came out with the 12-24 lens.rolleyes1.gif
    Harry
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  • ysr612ysr612 Registered Users Posts: 148 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    some more on theme


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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    12/24 mm lots of wide angle jokes H
    #2 is a great capture have not seen one ruffle up but 4 is fantastic thumb.gifclap.gifthumb.gif wow . hope all is well HARRY and the pics come back with no subject. thanks for comment on d flower wish I had time to look before class thumb.gif Jeff
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    harry. i'm shocked...truly shocked. this is completely unacceptable by any standard of decency. I'm alerting the fish union and yer gonna be in big trouble, buster.







    RIP little fishies. :cry
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    "here little egret egret egret..."



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    naughty.gif :eat
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    fish wrote:
    "here little egret egret egret..."








    naughty.gif :eat

    :lol4 :lol4 :lol4 :lol4

    You are getting more use out of that shot than I ever didrolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    Dixie wrote:
    I would say that there would be some severe lighting problems. If that isn't shooting where the sun don't shine, I don't know what is. rolleyes1.gif
    Hey Dixie,

    Maybe I could use a Better Beamer:D
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    4labs wrote:
    Hey Harry mine is in some textbook if ya want to see one so bad..rolleyes1.gif Great shots as usual
    Thanks Labs. Your colonoscopy is in a texbook, wow! That must be a thrill. :D
    I think colonoscopy photography is a wide open area just waiting for someone to fill the void.
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Dixie,

    Maybe I could use a Better Beamer:D
    You're right about needing a better beamer, Harry, because those large, anal retentive flashes just won't go there. rolleyes1.gif
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,250 moderator
    edited March 11, 2005
    Harry, I hope you have no regrets for posting pictures of birds while also talking about the lower regions, so to speak. :D

    I once asked why they had to put me to sleep while performing that same procedure. I looked over at the steel table next to the steel table I was reclining on and saw the "apparatus" along side of the largest jar of one of these the company makes:

    vaseline.jpg

    I stopped asking questions at that point, and let them do their work. I woke up 30 minutes later feeling way different. eek7.gif

    I hope the scan was negative. You know, they have a little camera pill now you can swallow and...
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,949 moderator
    edited March 11, 2005
    Hi Harry!

    Lovely shots as always. And good to see you enjoying the camera!
    I'll see if I can get fish out in the morning...paging Steve C...on a
    trip to the perk ponds.

    Oh, and glad to hear everything came out all right in the end rolleyes1.gif

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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    All's well that ends welleek7.gif .
    Take care Harry and keep on postin

    Usually I end with cheers but for this ...

    Bottoms up,

    Tim
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    Ginger
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Good egret shots. I would like, pretty soon, to get out and shoot some more birds. I swear, all I have are egrets..........a few, very few, herons, the Ibises, and the X rated hawks.

    Harry, could you please send me some storks?
    Or flocks of flying birds, many. It would take many shots for me to get one.

    ginger
    Hey Ginger,

    Glad you liked ths shots. I start negotiations with the storks to see if they are willing to swing by your area. :D
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    andy wrote:
    uh harry, i don't think they make a lens wiiiiide enough for this shot lol3.gif
    Andy, Andy, Andy. You make it seem lke I have a big butt. I'll have you know that I've managed to retain my boyish figure over the years. Of course, I was pretty chunky little kid. rolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    Michiel
    Michiel de Brieder wrote:
    The second shot is REALLY cool! Is that an egret from the swinging sixties? Don't tell me you've found an Egret sharing your age :lol
    great shots Harry thumb.gif
    Hey Michiel.

    I don't think egrets live that long but I did use to wear my hair the same way. :D

    Thanks for stopping by.
    Harry
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    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!"
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