Mohawk in the sky: Cattle Egret in full mating colors. Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens, at 600 mm f7.1, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec.

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Feb 27, 2021 07:50:11 #

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Cattle Egret in full mating colors.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens, at 600 mm f7.1, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec.

Feb 27, 2021 08:00:11 #

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

In full glory! They are such mild little Egrets most of the year but in the spring they are impressive. Excellent shot.

Feb 27, 2021 08:02:23 #

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

Feb 27, 2021 08:10:47 #

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

billnikon wrote:

Cattle Egret in full mating colors.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens, at 600 mm f7.1, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec.

Awesome portrait. I assume you added the background and did a superb job with the headdress and feathers.
I love the pose too, he looks kinda cocky...

Feb 27, 2021 08:11:06 #

Dr J Loc: NE Florida

Sharpness, bokeh, lighting... you nailed it!

Feb 27, 2021 08:33:41 #

WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

billnikon wrote:

Cattle Egret in full mating colors.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens, at 600 mm f7.1, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec.

Now that is a great photograph!
Very well done!

Feb 27, 2021 08:52:35 #

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

billnikon wrote:

Cattle Egret in full mating colors.
Sony a9, Sony 200-600 mm lens, at 600 mm f7.1, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec.

Feb 27, 2021 09:02:35 #

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

BigDaddy wrote:

Awesome portrait. I assume you added the background and did a superb job with the headdress and feathers.
I love the pose too, he looks kinda cocky...

I expose for white birds by using Manual exposure and reading on the bird and then underexpose 2 to 3 stops so as not to overexpose the feathers and white details of egrets.
The backgrounds go dark because of the under exposures I use helping to separate the white birds, (egrets and herons) for the back ground. This under exposure also helps bring out the mating colors.

Feb 27, 2021 09:24:35 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Feb 27, 2021 10:23:35 #

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Just in time for Saturday night!

Feb 27, 2021 10:25:39 #

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Very nice!

Feb 27, 2021 10:47:41 #

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

It's interesting that they are called Cattle Egret because they are usually in a field walking alongside cattle and grabbing up the insects that fly up from the cows hooves. At Black Point Wildlife drive they trot alongside the car and do the same thing. Nice pic BTW.

Feb 27, 2021 13:58:16 #