Let the egret fest begin

[Harryb]

Hi You'll,

Just got out of the hospital after my colonoscopy so I haven't been able to use My d2H yet so I figured I would share some of my D100 shots of one my favorite subjects the Great Egret. I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but they wouldn't let me bring my camera into the room http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/sad.gif

The Egret Egret is a graceful looking bird
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17012132-L.jpg

but he doesn't mind getting funky on occasion
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17012115-L.jpg

He's always on the hunt for food
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17012119-L.jpg

and he's usually sucessful
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17012143-L.jpg

all shots taken with the 80-400VR and the 300mm/f4 lenses

[Andy]

I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but they wouldn't let me bring my camera into the room :clap :clap thankfully they had this policy in place :huh

awesome birds, h, and so many, this will really get fish in a tizzy :lol3

[bfjr]

Let me be the 1st, as always great shots :thumb:thumb
What's he/she doing in that second shot?? Biching at ya :scratch
Love those reflections :):. I gotta reflection of bee on my motorcycle helmet, not quite the same......huh :rofl:rofl

Oh yeah thank you to the hospital for enforcing the rules :clap:clap:clap

[Angelo]

Hi You'll,

Just got out of the hospital after my colonoscopy so I haven't been able to use My d2H yet...

bet that's not all you can't use yet... :):

glad everything, um, came out alright!

[Angelo]

... I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but...
don't worry, THEY did! :rofl

[wxwax]

That last one's great, Harry.

Normally I'd say that a colonoscopy is too narrow a subject to shoot... but not in your case. :evil

[Dixie]

I had wanted to do some shots of the colonoscopy but they wouldn't let me bring my camera into the room http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/sad.gif
I would say that there would be some severe lighting problems. If that isn't shooting where the sun don't shine, I don't know what is. :rofl

[Michiel de Brieder]

The second shot is REALLY cool! Is that an egret from the swinging sixties? Don't tell me you've found an Egret sharing your age :lol
great shots Harry :thumb

[pathfinder]

Nicely shot set of images, Harry. Lovely color in bright clear sun light.:thumb

[Steve Cavigliano]

I really like the hip hop look in the 2nd pic.....lol Andy may be right about Fish being upset. Looks like your Egret is snacking on one of his relatives :lol3

Re: your colonoscopy, hope everything turns out well for you :thumb I'm sort of relieved that they wouldn't let you shoot the procedure :uhoh It's not quite the same thing as, say, Andy's Dentist shot.....LOL

You've got your new camera and your gonna let a little thing like a colonoscopy keep you from trying it out? :scratch Strap a bag of ice on your butt and get out there (now there's a terrifying mental image :lol) Remember what they say; No pain, no gain :rofl


Feel better soon buddy :thumb

Steve

[Harryb]

:clap :clap thankfully they had this policy in place :huh

awesome birds, h, and so many, this will really get fish in a tizzy :lol3
Hey Andy,

I really wanted to be he first to do a photo essay on a colonoscopy:cry Oh well, they want to do another next year maybe I can sneak in a phone camera :):

Thnak s for the comments on the egrets and I still have another hundred or so in the hopper. :rofl

[4labs]

Hey Andy,

I really wanted to be he first to do a photo essay on a colonoscopy:cry Oh well, they want to do another next year maybe I can sneak in a phone camera :):

Thnak s for the comments on the egrets and I still have another hundred or so in the hopper. :rofl Hey Harry mine is in some textbook if ya want to see one so bad..:rofl Great shots as usual

[ginger_55]

Katie Couric had hers on TV! I didn't watch. That is an idea, I'll tell my doctor that I will consent to one IF I can bring my camera.

Don't know how I could make the preparation pleasurable, though. I figure Katie Couric had lots of people to talk to. Camera people all over.

Good egret shots. I would like, pretty soon, to get out and shoot some more birds. I swear, all I have are egrets..........a few, very few, herons, the Ibises, and the X rated hawks.

Harry, could you please send me some storks?
Or flocks of flying birds, many. It would take many shots for me to get one.

ginger

[Harryb]

Let me be the 1st, as always great shots :thumb:thumb
What's he/she doing in that second shot?? Biching at ya :scratch
Love those reflections :):. I gotta reflection of bee on my motorcycle helmet, not quite the same......huh :rofl:rofl

Oh yeah thank you to the hospital for enforcing the rules :clap:clap:clap
Hey Ben,

Thank you for youre kind comments. The egret in the second shot is just one of those egrets who is ticked off on GP. I love catching those reflections.

If the hospital hadn't been so darned strict I could have redefined the "butt shot". :rofl

[Andy]

Hey Andy,

I really wanted to be he first to do a photo essay on a colonoscopy:cry Oh well, they want to do another next year maybe I can sneak in a phone camera :):

Thnak s for the comments on the egrets and I still have another hundred or so in the hopper. :rofl

uh harry, i don't think they make a lens wiiiiide enough for this shot :lol3


































































:hide

[Harryb]

don't worry, THEY did! :rofl
Hey Angelo,

Yeah but they won't post them on dgrin:cry Oh well I still have a hernia surgery coming up that may provide a few photo ops :rofl

[Harryb]

That last one's great, Harry.

Normally I'd say that a colonoscopy is too narrow a subject to shoot... but not in your case. :evil
Hey Sid,

Thank you glad you liked hte shot.

As for my colonoscopy shot lets just say there's a reason why Nikon came out with the 12-24 lens.:rofl

[ysr612]

some more on theme


http://ysr612.smugmug.com/photos/11613627-M.jpg
http://ysr612.smugmug.com/photos/11613633-M.jpg

http://ysr612.smugmug.com/photos/11613642-M.jpg

[jwear]

#2 is a great capture have not seen one ruffle up but 4 is fantastic :thumb :clap :thumb wow . hope all is well HARRY and the pics come back with no subject. thanks for comment on d flower wish I had time to look before class :thumb Jeff

[fish]

harry. i'm shocked...truly shocked. this is completely unacceptable by any standard of decency. I'm alerting the fish union and yer gonna be in big trouble, buster.







RIP little fishies. :cry

[fish]

"here little egret egret egret..."



http://coyfish.smugmug.com/photos/17271686-L.jpg




:evil :eat

[Harryb]

"here little egret egret egret..."








:evil :eat



:lol4 :lol4 :lol4 :lol4

You are getting more use out of that shot than I ever did:rofl

[Harryb]

I would say that there would be some severe lighting problems. If that isn't shooting where the sun don't shine, I don't know what is. :rofl
Hey Dixie,

Maybe I could use a Better Beamer:D

[Harryb]

Hey Harry mine is in some textbook if ya want to see one so bad..:rofl Great shots as usual
Thanks Labs. Your colonoscopy is in a texbook, wow! That must be a thrill. :D
I think colonoscopy photography is a wide open area just waiting for someone to fill the void.

[Dixie]

Hey Dixie,

Maybe I could use a Better Beamer:D
You're right about needing a better beamer, Harry, because those large, anal retentive flashes just won't go there. :rolleyes

[David_S85]

Harry, I hope you have no regrets for posting pictures of birds while also talking about the lower regions, so to speak. :D

I once asked why they had to put me to sleep while performing that same procedure. I looked over at the steel table next to the steel table I was reclining on and saw the "apparatus" along side of the largest jar of one of these the company makes:

http://users.aol.com/bikedave1/vaseline.jpg

I stopped asking questions at that point, and let them do their work. I woke up 30 minutes later feeling way different. :huh

I hope the scan was negative. You know, they have a little camera pill now you can swallow and...

[ian408]

Hi Harry!

Lovely shots as always. And good to see you enjoying the camera!
I'll see if I can get fish out in the morning...paging Steve C...on a
trip to the perk ponds.

Oh, and glad to hear everything came out all right in the end :rofl

Ian

[Shakey]

All's well that ends well:huh .
Take care Harry and keep on postin

Usually I end with cheers but for this ...

Bottoms up,

Tim

[Harryb]

Good egret shots. I would like, pretty soon, to get out and shoot some more birds. I swear, all I have are egrets..........a few, very few, herons, the Ibises, and the X rated hawks.

Harry, could you please send me some storks?
Or flocks of flying birds, many. It would take many shots for me to get one.

ginger
Hey Ginger,

Glad you liked ths shots. I start negotiations with the storks to see if they are willing to swing by your area. :D

[Harryb]

uh harry, i don't think they make a lens wiiiiide enough for this shot :lol3


Andy, Andy, Andy. You make it seem lke I have a big butt. I'll have you know that I've managed to retain my boyish figure over the years. Of course, I was pretty chunky little kid. :rofl

[Harryb]

The second shot is REALLY cool! Is that an egret from the swinging sixties? Don't tell me you've found an Egret sharing your age :lol
great shots Harry :thumb
Hey Michiel.

I don't think egrets live that long but I did use to wear my hair the same way. :D

Thanks for stopping by.

[Harryb]

Nicely shot set of images, Harry. Lovely color in bright clear sun light.:thumb
Thanks PF

[Harryb]

I really like the hip hop look in the 2nd pic.....lol Andy may be right about Fish being upset. Looks like your Egret is snacking on one of his relatives :lol3

Re: your colonoscopy, hope everything turns out well for you :thumb I'm sort of relieved that they wouldn't let you shoot the procedure :uhoh It's not quite the same thing as, say, Andy's Dentist shot.....LOL

You've got your new camera and your gonna let a little thing like a colonoscopy keep you from trying it out? :scratch Strap a bag of ice on your butt and get out there (now there's a terrifying mental image :lol) Remember what they say; No pain, no gain :rofl


Feel better soon buddy :thumb

Steve
Hey Steve,

Thanks for stopping by. Now if you could get thelinks in your post fixed we will have coast to coast egret coverage. Fish will soon find out that this is an egret eats fish world. :rofl

I've got the D2H loaded up and will be headed out in afew minutes to try it out.

[Harryb]

some more on theme

Atta way!!! :clap :clap Just what Dgrin needs, more egrets. Maybe we will get a separate forum just for egret shots. :rofl

[Harryb]

#2 is a great capture have not seen one ruffle up but 4 is fantastic :thumb :clap :thumb wow . hope all is well HARRY and the pics come back with no subject. thanks for comment on d flower wish I had time to look before class :thumb Jeff
Hey Jeff,

Thanks and all looks well with my tests.

[lynnma]

Hey Jeff,

Thanks and all looks well with my tests.
Glad to hear your tests came out well Harry and I hope ya bum feels ok now. I'm totally in favour of a completely seperate forum for egrets only ... I have several hundred myself I could fish out:uhoh .. oh sorry, bring out. I refuse to have one of those up yer bum things done.. much too undignified I think:):

up with egrets I say :clap :clap :clap :1drink may they live long and prosper...

[lynnma]

Glad to hear your tests came out well Harry and I hope ya bum feels ok now. I'm totally in favour of a completely seperate forum for egrets only ... I have several hundred myself I could fish out:uhoh .. oh sorry, bring out. I refuse to have one of those up yer bum things done.. much too undignified I think:):

up with egrets I say :clap :clap :clap :1drink may they live long and prosper...
and grey chickens too....http://Lynn.smugmug.com/photos/17287557-L.jpg

[lynnma]

so I just got back from the vet after having my colonoscopy....

oooooh... is my butt sore...




http://lynn.smugmug.com/photos/17289104-L.jpg

:rofl

[pathfinder]

and grey chickens too....http://Lynn.smugmug.com/photos/17287557-L.jpg
Where did you grow up girl!!?? That ain't no grey chicken, that's a GREAT BLUE HERON, you silly thing. But you knew that didn't you?

[pathfinder]

so I just got back from the vet after having my colonoscopy....

oooooh... is my butt sore...




http://lynn.smugmug.com/photos/17289104-L.jpg

:rofl:lol4:lol4:lol4:bad

[Angelo]

so I just got back from the vet after having my colonoscopy....

oooooh... is my butt sore...




http://lynn.smugmug.com/photos/17289104-L.jpg


:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Lynn, you've made my day!

[ginger_55]

Hey Steve,

Thanks for stopping by. Now if you could get thelinks in your post fixed we will have coast to coast egret coverage. Fish will soon find out that this is an egret eats fish world. :rofl

I've got the D2H loaded up and will be headed out in afew minutes to try it out.

Can't wait to see those shots! I tried out my 70-200 lens, came the other day, tried it on the dogs, as usual. It was the most difficult lens I have gotten. And the D dogs wanted to sit on my lap. I was thinking wide. Then they wanted to run, and I realized that I had to, just had to, go to 1600 ISO. And I don't see how you would get a flight shot at 5 PM without it.

Anyway, enjoy! I bought, yes, bought, a photo mag last weekend, read it last night. There was a photo of your new camera, it looks fantastic. There is a certain similarity, I think, to all these new Digitals, even Nikon and Canon, it is just that they get better and better.

I hope I am happy. What kind of bag do you use? Do you carry it far?

Now, for what I meant to say, I wonder when Fish is going to find out that that bird is not an egret.

ginger

[ginger_55]

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Lynn, you've made my day!

Where did that shot come from? Angelo? Is she serious. I was writing a post, got through and there is that heron.

HERON, FISH, HERON: great blue.

I mean i hope this is not colonoscopy month at dgrin.

I could have a problem with that, hate those "month" things, I get guilt from all of it.

ginger

[ginger_55]

so I just got back from the vet after having my colonoscopy....

oooooh... is my butt sore...




http://lynn.smugmug.com/photos/17289104-S.jpg

:rofl

You take the wings off of those birds, doesn't look like there is enough meat to make a meal. What there is is probably all dark meat, too.

Grey Chickens, YAHOO!

g

[Angelo]

Where did that shot come from? Angelo? Is she serious. I was writing a post, got through and there is that heron.

HERON, FISH, HERON: great blue.

I mean i hope this is not colonoscopy month at dgrin.

I could have a problem with that, hate those "month" things, I get guilt from all of it.

ginger
I don't know Ginger but combine it with that "flasher" egret picture and we've got some very weird stuff going on at dgrin! :rofl

[Harryb]

harry. i'm shocked...truly shocked. this is completely unacceptable by any standard of decency. I'm alerting the fish union and yer gonna be in big trouble, buster.

RIP little fishies. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/bncry.gifHeck if you're gonna report me I might as well go all the way
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17012900-L.jpg

Chew on that one for awhile. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif

[Harryb]

Harry, I hope you have no regrets for posting pictures of birds while also talking about the lower regions, so to speak. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif
No regrets or even reherons about it at all

I once asked why they had to put me to sleep while performing that same procedure. I looked over at the steel table next to the steel table I was reclining on and saw the "apparatus" along side of the largest jar of one of these the company makes:

http://users.aol.com/bikedave1/vaseline.jpg

I stopped asking questions at that point, and let them do their work. I woke up 30 minutes later feeling way different. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/eek7.gif

I was very grateful towards that product by the end of the procedure.http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif



I hope the scan was negative. You know, they have a little camera pill now you can swallow and...So far every thing is fine.

[Harryb]

Hi Harry!

Lovely shots as always. And good to see you enjoying the camera!
I'll see if I can get fish out in the morning...paging Steve C...on a
trip to the perk ponds.

Oh, and glad to hear everything came out all right in the end :rofl

Ian

Thanks Ian and good luck getting those two up off their duffs.

[Harryb]

All's well that ends well:huh .
Take care Harry and keep on postin

Usually I end with cheers but for this ...

Bottoms up,

Tim
Thanks Tim and its a pretty safe bet that I will keep on posting.:D

[Harryb]

Glad to hear your tests came out well Harry and I hope ya bum feels ok now. I'm totally in favour of a completely seperate forum for egrets only ... I have several hundred myself I could fish out:uhoh .. oh sorry, bring out. I refuse to have one of those up yer bum things done.. much too undignified I think:):

up with egrets I say :clap :clap :clap :1drink may they live long and prosper...
Sniff, sniff, I'm all choked up:cry

Undignified? I think not. If you got it, flaunt it! Its not often my butt gets to be the center of attention. :lol

[Harryb]

so I just got back from the vet after having my colonoscopy....

oooooh... is my butt sore...




http://lynn.smugmug.com/photos/17289104-L.jpg

:rofl
I resemble that remark. Oh and while I hate to bring this up I feel I have to. This is ..... Egret Fest .....
not Heron Fest. Heron Fest is next month.

[Andy]

This is ..... [size=6]Egret Fest ....

i like my egret bbq'd (was there ever a doubt?) :eat

[Harryb]

i like my egret bbq'd (was there ever a doubt?) :eat
Andy,

There never was a doubt, trust me, not one doubt.

[ian408]

Adding yet another...

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/17424550-M.jpg

Ian

[Harryb]

Adding yet another...

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/17424550-M.jpg

IanIan,

Let me thank you for your generous donation to the fest. :thumb Good shot!

[ian408]

Ian,

Let me thnak you for your generous donation to the fest. :thumb Good shot!
You're welcome! Now if I could just get up before say 9...

Ian

[Harryb]

You're welcome! Now if I could just get up before say 9...

Ian
You gotta get up before 9 if you want to get those egrets.

[ian408]

Not the best example but I wanted to say I followed Steve C's lead
to day and left at 3:30 for Palo Alto. Damn (can I say that here?)!
There are a lot of birds of the egret kind here!

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/17713892-M.jpg

White on grey. What Can I say except here's another to keep the thread
rolling.

Ian

[Harryb]

Not the best example but I wanted to say I followed Steve C's lead
to day and left at 3:30 for Palo Alto. Damn (can I say that here?)!
There are a lot of birds of the egret kind here!



White on grey. What Can I say except here's another to keep the thread
rolling.

Ian
Hey Ian,

Pretty cool shot. You really froze the action in a tough to expose for shot. :thumb

[ian408]

Here's another from yesterday.

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/17731169-M.jpg

Little easier to shoot this one.

[Steve Cavigliano]

Nice ones Ian :thumb :thumb


Glad you got a chance to duck out of work early and visit the Baylands :clap Yesterday's sky was kind of yucky (although better than today's sky :cry ), you got some real nice captures. So were you using the 500mm? The rookery is so close to the Duck Pond, sometimes 500mm is too just close....lol

I must have missed your call :wink


Steve

[ian408]

Nice ones Ian :thumb :thumb


Glad you got a chance to duck out of work early and visit the Baylands :clap Yesterday's sky was kind of yucky (although better than today's sky :cry ), you got some real nice captures. So were you using the 500mm? The rookery is so close to the Duck Pond, sometimes 500mm is too just close....lol

I must have nissed your call :wink


Steve
Thanks Steve!

I was using the 500 with the 1dmkII aboard :D I'd parked at the far side of
the pond and was being lazy--walking around the outside to the rookery.
For my shots, I was back against that fence. However, I was a little on the
low side of power compared to the guy next to me. 600mm with the camo
cover, Wimberly and nice heavy Gitzo :D

Your better beamer would have been a good choice yesterday. I contemplated
using flash but trying to light the birds without something like the beamer
would be difficult at best.

BTW, I hadn't planned the trip. I just left (kinda PO'ed).

Ian

[Steve Cavigliano]

Whew, a 600mm (camo'd or not) and a Wimberly seem like a bit of overkill for the rookery birds. Sounds great for getting Harriers and Hawks though. Did you just shoot the rookery, or did you go down to the marshes? I usually start at the Pond and migrate father down the road then circle back. The raptors usually hang around the marshes and sometimes you can get shots of the male pheasant, that resides there too :clap


Steve

[ian408]

Whew, a 600mm (camo'd or not) and a Wimberly seem like a bit of overkill for the rookery birds. Sounds great for getting Harriers and Hawks though. Did you just shoot the rookery, or did you go down to the marshes? I usually start at the Pond and migrate father down the road then circle back. The raptors usually hang around the marshes and sometimes you can get shots of the male pheasant, that resides there too :clap


Steve
I did hit the marsh. But being as dark as it was, my birds look like dust
bunnies :D Not to mention it was low tide and the curlew's were out
in force :(

Ian

[Harryb]

Adding yet another...

Ian
I figure I should throw another one into the pot too.
http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/17723143-L-1.jpg

[ian408]

Nice and your weather's a bit better than ours :D

Ian

[Harryb]

Nice and your weather's a bit better than ours :D

Ian
Thanks but the weather has sucked for the last 4 days, overcast and rainy. This is from last week.

[ian408]

Thanks but the weather has sucked for the last 4 days, overcast and rainy. This is from last week.
I hear ours will suck for the next three or four at least. Thankfully, I
am leaving town tomorrow :D

Ian