Death Is A Dandy - Snowy Egret On The Hunt
Jul 20, 2020 03:15:00 #
This snowy was slowly stalking and then lunging forward to strike and then back to the careful stalk.
A beautiful bird and a bit of a dandy with the wispy plumes but to the small creatures they eat they are "Death" itself.
Note the wispy plumes which get much more prominent in breeding season. Those almost caused it to go extinct. They were hunted to go on high fashion lady's hats. The US ended this in 1910 but Central and South America took a few years more. Their numbers recovered and they are now very common. and wide spread in the Americas from a bit north of 40° N to about 40° S. Their enemies are owls, hawks, eagles, and animals like raccoons which raid nests for eggs and the young.
7DII, 100-400L mk2 + 1.4x III @ 420, 1/640 @ f/8.0, ISO-1000 hand held in shade from low angle afternoon sun but with a bright blue sky above and reflections off the water.
I posted this in 2017 but for the "birds" photo contest by "The Journal of Wildlife Photography" I am going back to my RAW OOC and redoing the PP work on my entries. One a day until Sep 15.
A beautiful bird and a bit of a dandy with the wispy plumes but to the small creatures they eat they are "Death" itself.
Note the wispy plumes which get much more prominent in breeding season. Those almost caused it to go extinct. They were hunted to go on high fashion lady's hats. The US ended this in 1910 but Central and South America took a few years more. Their numbers recovered and they are now very common. and wide spread in the Americas from a bit north of 40° N to about 40° S. Their enemies are owls, hawks, eagles, and animals like raccoons which raid nests for eggs and the young.
7DII, 100-400L mk2 + 1.4x III @ 420, 1/640 @ f/8.0, ISO-1000 hand held in shade from low angle afternoon sun but with a bright blue sky above and reflections off the water.
I posted this in 2017 but for the "birds" photo contest by "The Journal of Wildlife Photography" I am going back to my RAW OOC and redoing the PP work on my entries. One a day until Sep 15.
Jul 20, 2020 06:14:07 #
Compelling image. What are you discovering in your redoing of the originals?
Jul 20, 2020 10:09:13 #
Jul 20, 2020 12:36:36 #
MrBumps2U wrote:
Compelling image. What are you discovering in your redoing of the originals?
Thanks, that some of the PP software is both better and "different". I also see things and get ideas for a "look" that is changed from what I did before.
Jul 20, 2020 12:40:25 #
kpmac wrote:
Very nice. I love the way the water is rendered.
Thanks, I have versions with the colors subdued to look sort of brown/green and scummy - which it was in places and later was worse before our season flushed the worst of it away.
I also have versions where I brought up the colors of the reflections even more. Very colorful to say the least.
I have a thing with reflections, splashes and ripples in my water shots.
Jul 21, 2020 05:39:51 #
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Jul 21, 2020 14:50:53 #
Jimmy T wrote:
Very Nice Robert!
Smile,
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Bravo Zulu
Smile,
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Bravo Zulu
Tango Yankee
Jul 21, 2020 17:29:33 #
Jul 21, 2020 18:04:16 #
Bonnie Halsell wrote:
Wonderful image, thanks for sharing and posting.
Thanks very much.
Jul 21, 2020 21:54:09 #
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Aug 3, 2020 20:46:38 #
I haven’t seen the original or other variations, but this one is inspiring. It would be a good lesson for those who want to take thier work to the next level. And the first thing to notice is your original photo was properly exposed - no blown highlights - so all the info is there to treat as you wish.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Aug 3, 2020 21:13:23 #
GregWCIL wrote:
I haven’t seen the original or other variations, but this one is inspiring. It would be a good lesson for those who want to take thier work to the next level. And the first thing to notice is your original photo was properly exposed - no blown highlights - so all the info is there to treat as you wish.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much.
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