Great Egret in Flight

[Harryb]

Hi you'll,

A short while ago I told Lynn how beautiful Great Egrets were in flight, so as they say about a picture being worth a thousand words.

the take off

Harry

[Harryb]

in flight

[jwear]

Harry lets raise the bar in stages not all at once. great shots !!! :thumb :bow

[ehughes]

Great Shot Harry.. They're fun to shoot (pictures I Mean)

[Harryb]

Thanks Jeff. I'm just trying to show that you can get flight shots with Nikon's 80-400VR lens. Of course I'm not showing the 89 prior attempts at flight shots from that day. :wink

Harry

[ian408]

Very nice! I love the wing's power at takeoff. A thing of beauty!

Ian

[Michiel de Brieder]

wow, this second picture has Power! :bow Harry = Egret master :D You are really getting this stuff down Harry! :thumb when will we see your first Egret photo in the national geographic? :wink
Thanks for sharing!

[nickphoto123]

These shots remind me of Willie Mays.

He always made it look easy.

The reflections add the sense of the moment to each image.

Great shots, great egret.

Regards, Nicholas

[Harryb]

Great Shot Harry.. They're fun to shoot (pictures I Mean)
Yes they are fun. Sometimes I get so caught up watching them I forget to press the shutter release.

Harry

[John Mueller]

Yes they are fun. Sometimes I get so caught up watching them I forget to press the shutter release.

HarryThats just old age Harry :rofl
Nice capture again.Love the reflections.Keep them coming.

[Steve Cavigliano]

Thanks Jeff. I'm just trying to show that you can get flight shots with Nikon's 80-400VR lens. Of course I'm not showing the 89 prior attempts at flight shots from that day. :wink

Harry
LOL Harry. I'd call a 1 for 90 hit rate a good day of shooting :rofl


Excellent shots of these, oh so tough to expose properly, WHITE waterfowl. They are both very nice, but I have to agree with the majority, that 2nd one is powerful. I like your post processing also, not too little, not too much :-)
I also agree that you're getting pretty darn good at this :thumb Despite the slow Nikon glass handicap....lol

If I could ever figure out how to post a pic here, you would see just how good your shots are relative to us mere mortals.

OT: isn't it nice to be able to post pics, no matter what camera you used, and have people comment on the pics, not on the equipment?


Steve

[Harryb]

Very nice! I love the wing's power at takeoff. A thing of beauty!

Ian
Hey Ian,

Thank you very much. I just wish I was a better photographer because the pics don't capture half of their beauty.


Harry

[Harryb]

[QUOTE=Michiel de Brieder]wow, this second picture has Power! :bow Harry = Egret master :D You are really getting this stuff down Harry! :thumb

Thank you very much. After all these years of snapping I think I'm beginning to get the hang of it.


when will we see your first Egret photo in the national geographic? :wink

Never! I'm retired. If I start selling this stuff it would be like going back to work. :deal

Harry

[Harryb]

These shots remind me of Willie Mays.

He always made it look easy.

The reflections add the sense of the moment to each image.

Great shots, great egret.

Regards, Nicholas
Thank you very much. These pics were kind of easy. I was driving to the Viera Wetlands where I do most of my shooting. 5 minutes from my house I passed a pond that was having a bird convention (wood storks, anhingas, egrets, and herons. I just parked and shot a 1 gig CF card.

Harry

[Harryb]

Thats just old age Harry :rofl
Nice capture again.Love the reflections.Keep them coming.
Hey John,

I was going to give it to you over the age crack but I forgot what I was going to say. :rofl

Anyhow thanks for the nice comments about the pic anyhow.

Harry

[Harryb]

[QUOTE=Steve Cavigliano]LOL Harry. I'd call a 1 for 90 hit rate a good day of shooting :rofl

Yeah, I've jsut ordered the Nikon 300mm/f4 so Ihope my average will go up shortly.


Excellent shots of these, oh so tough to expose properly, WHITE waterfowl. They are both very nice, but I have to agree with the majority, that 2nd one is powerful. I like your post processing also, not too little, not too much :-)
I also agree that you're getting pretty darn good at this :thumb Despite the slow Nikon glass handicap....lol

Thanks for the kind comments. That 80-400 may be slow focusing but at least it can focus (not a Canon strong point btw). :wink

If I could ever figure out how to post a pic here, you would see just how good your shots are relative to us mere mortals.

Since you are a pbaser like me waht you do is downsize the pic to under 124mb (I think) and load it up from your hard drive from the "manage attachments" button. If you want to load more than 1 pic you need a pbase account (being old and ornery I'm sticking with pbase and will do multiple posts if I want to post more than 1 pic).

OT: isn't it nice to be able to post pics, no matter what camera you used, and have people comment on the pics, not on the equipment?

Its a pleasure. the forums at DPR are becoming minefields. One mistake and you offend a horde of folks. It gets tiring.

Harry

[Ric Grupe]

Did you use a tripod on this shot?

Very pleasing!

[Harryb]

Richard,

Glad you liked the shot and to answer your question: No I didn't use a tripod on this shot but I should have. It was kind of funny when I got this shot. I was heading out to the Viera Wetlands with Gale from the Nikon DSLR forum on DPR. Five minutes from my house we pass this pond in one of the developments near mine and we see a bird convention going on. There were wood storks, great egrets, snowy egrets, tri-color and great blue herons, an anhinga and a few ibis at the pond.

We did a quick u-turn, parked the car on the grass, jumper out and started shooting. I didn't want to miss the shots so I shot hand-held. Thank Nikon for that VR glass. This shot was at ISO 200 with a shutter speed of 1/750 sec at f/8 and a focal length of 310mm.

Harry

[Andy]

Hi you'll,

A short while ago I told Lynn how beautiful Great Egrets were in flight, so as they say about a picture being worth a thousand words.

the take off

Harry

not too shabby for a doddering old fool :lol3 hey, i'll be down this winter old man, and since you eat dinner at like, 3 in the afternoon, that frees us up completely for the magic hour and shooting :thumb

[Harryb]

not too shabby for a doddering old fool :lol3 hey, i'll be down this winter old man, and since you eat dinner at like, 3 in the afternoon, that frees us up completely for the magic hour and shooting :thumb
It will be great seeing you again. I even had them open up a new Starbucks near the Viera Wetlands to prepare for your arrival. :clap

Its good that you will be coming down because I 've noticed that your pics have been getting a tad stale lately. I was afraid that was going to happen when I left NYC and wouldn't be around to guide you any longer. :rofl

Not to worry though. I'm sure that I will be able to get you back on track again. It won't be easy but I'll give it a shot. :wink


Harry

[Ric Grupe]

Richard,


We did a quick u-turn, parked the car on the grass, jumper out and started shooting. I didn't want to miss the shots so I shot hand-held. Thank Nikon for that VR glass. This shot was at ISO 200 with a shutter speed of 1/750 sec at f/8 and a focal length of 310mm.

HarryI'd say you were lucky to get this handheld...in a quick response situation
such as this. Sometimes you just have to press the button and see what happens!:clap