Little Cayman Egret: I think this is a Great Egret? Little Cayman (Island) a couple of weekends ago. Trying to work out an appealing post processing style, so any comments and/or...

Raybo Loc: George Town, Grand Cayman

I think this is a Great Egret? Little Cayman (Island) a couple of weekends ago.

Trying to work out an appealing post processing style, so any comments and/or constructive criticism would be greatly welcomed.

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kjfishman Loc: Fulton MO

Great set thanks for sharing.

L-Fox

Raybo wrote:

I think this is a Great Egret? Little Cayman (Island) a couple of weekends ago.

Trying to work out an appealing post processing style, so any comments and/or constructive criticism would be greatly welcomed.

Ourspolair

Great renderings of the Egret. The first two captures are excellent, with good detail in the feathers. In the others, you have lost some of the detail by changing from 1/800s to 1/500s. You may be able to recover the detail in pp. I hope so, because they are great shots. Plese stay well and keep on sharing.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice. All are nicely composed. You have lost detail in some of the images. Perhaps it was an issue with the available light?

Raybo Loc: George Town, Grand Cayman

kpmac wrote:

Very nice. All are nicely composed. You have lost detail in some of the images. Perhaps it was an issue with the available light?

A combination of late afternoon and "operator in training". Still pretty new to the camera/lens combo, but did learn a lot that weekend

Several of them cropped at 600mm and ISO 1600 to get a decent shutter speed.

Thanks

Raybo Loc: George Town, Grand Cayman

Ourspolair wrote:

Great renderings of the Egret. The first two captures are excellent, with good detail in the feathers. In the others, you have lost some of the detail by changing from 1/800s to 1/500s. You may be able to recover the detail in pp. I hope so, because they are great shots. Plese stay well and keep on sharing.

I didn't want raise the ISO any more, so slowing down was the option. Thin I already had the aperature open all the way. I use ON1 for pp, and already worked on thes. If there's a way to get more out of it, I haven't figured it out yet. Tried not to cook these too much...

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Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Raybo wrote:

I think this is a Great Egret? Little Cayman (Island) a couple of weekends ago.

Trying to work out an appealing post processing style, so any comments and/or constructive criticism would be greatly welcomed.

Great images!!!!Ray

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

It looks like a Great Egret to me, but you have to be careful in the islands. There are some very similar birds but not the same species as we have in the States. Especially the wading birds. Nice pics.

wjones8637 Loc: Burleson, TX

Retired CPO wrote:

It looks like a Great Egret to me, but you have to be careful in the islands. There are some very similar birds but not the same species as we have in the States. Especially the wading birds. Nice pics.

Beautiful photos. I'm not sure what egret this is, a Great Egret has yellow bill and black feet and a Snowy Egret has black bill and yellow feet, this bird has both bill and feet black. I suspect this is a species that occurs locally.

Bill

ShelbyDave Loc: Lone Rock, WI

I believe wjones8637 is right, a Great Egret has a yellow bill so I don't think this is a Great. Looking in my books this appears to be a Little Egret, but my books don't cover the Caymans, so I don't know. It is such a perfect match to the photos I want to say for sure that it is a Little Egret, the only confusing thing is the book says they are a "very rare vagrant from Newfoundland to the mid Atlantic states. But again, my book doesn't cover the Caymans, perhaps that is where the vagrant comes from.

ShelbyDave Loc: Lone Rock, WI

I did some more research and I was right, the Little Egret has established itself in the Caribbean. Originally a European, Asian and African bird they established themselves in the Caribbean in the early 20th century. If you are a birder you would be excited to see this bird, a rare find.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

Raybo wrote:

I think this is a Great Egret? Little Cayman (Island) a couple of weekends ago.

Trying to work out an appealing post processing style, so any comments and/or constructive criticism would be greatly welcomed.

Greatest. Many suggestions are on-track. Thanx for sharing.

Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

Raybo wrote:

I think this is a Great Egret? Little Cayman (Island) a couple of weekends ago.

Trying to work out an appealing post processing style, so any comments and/or constructive criticism would be greatly welcomed.

A fantastic set of beautiful egrets, Ray.

Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

Raybo wrote:

I think this is a Great Egret? Little Cayman (Island) a couple of weekends ago.

Trying to work out an appealing post processing style, so any comments and/or constructive criticism would be greatly welcomed.

Forgot to say - if we had a Blue Ribbon ICON, I'd award one for this shot.