The Things I See
Egretta thula
Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 12 January 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
I captured this guy yesterday morning at the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge.
john4jack from Corvallis, United States
Terrific capture. Gorgeous photograph. Well done.
12 Jan 2009 5:26am
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
Superb!! V!ery well captured and composed
12 Jan 2009 8:54am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Excellent capture! The colors are wonderful. I can never expose right for these guys, the white against the dark green grass or the water. You captured fantastic detail in the bird! Well done.
12 Jan 2009 10:49am
@Betty: Meter the white of the bird and then stop down 2 full stops.
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Beautiful light on this gorgeous bird. A fine pleasing image.
12 Jan 2009 11:12am
zOOm from Paris, France
What a beautiful one, gorgeous feathers... Light is perfect.
12 Jan 2009 12:05pm
MJ from Delaware, United States
wonderful... the bird is just magnificent...the white against the greens and browns... just perfect
12 Jan 2009 12:54pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Beautiful light and the contrast of the water's blue background makes for a magnificent shot.
12 Jan 2009 1:15pm
Marcah from Quincy, United States
Beautiful. Such white. Love the excellent contrasting colors.
12 Jan 2009 2:07pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
Such a beauty. A magnificent bird, wonderfully observed.
12 Jan 2009 2:36pm
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
The white is just stunning, just pops off the page!
Excellent Shot Craig
12 Jan 2009 2:41pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
This is such a beautiful shot Craig! Your exposure and depth of field are perfection in my opinion. Elegant.
12 Jan 2009 2:55pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
This is a magical photo. To say nothing about the lens - 600mm!! What is it, Craig?
12 Jan 2009 4:42pm
@dobbino: It is really just a 200mm zoom by Sony. However, in 35mm terms it translates to a 300mm zoom lens. Then I had my 2X internal tele converter on to bring the grand total up to 600mm.
Alivia from Saint-Etienne, France
Une aigrette blanche comme neige, superbe de grâce au milieu des branchages, excellente photo..
12 Jan 2009 6:48pm
Pascale from france, France
Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! beautiful bird, really !!!
12 Jan 2009 7:14pm
Anita from Quito, Ecuador
Beautiful image Craig!
I like the composition, the line of the bird and his clear white color which makes a great contrast.
12 Jan 2009 8:09pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Good capture of this magnificent Egret, I like the plane of focus.
12 Jan 2009 9:08pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
An exceptionally fine image of a difficult subject. . I particularly like how you have retained a natural color balance to the shot. Very good work, Craig.
12 Jan 2009 10:48pm
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
They are gorgeous birds. I love the shot.
13 Jan 2009 12:19am
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Spectacular!!! The details of the feathers is gorgeous... everything is gorgeous!
13 Jan 2009 2:57am
JJ from Jersey City, United States
I agree Spectacular capture, 5 stars, wonderful lighting and details
15 Jan 2009 11:53pm
Sony DSLR-A350
1/2500 second
F/5.6
ISO 100
200 mm