a Reminder

[Harryb]

Hi you'll,

Its still Egret Fest

and I'm all shook up
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A Day Without an Egret is Like a Day Without the Sunshine

[bfjr]

Just Outstanding Harry :bow :thumb :clap
Beautiful birds, water just really nice :thumb
How many shots missed the shaker before you nailed him :lol

[GREAPER]

You givin that first one shock treatments Harry?

Great shots as usual.

I saw my first egrets of the year yesterday. I had the manual WB set wrong for the first series and they came out all blue.... and I horribly over exposed the rest. :dunno

[ginger_55]

How do you get the shots like the first one? Do you pop out of somewhere and say "BOO"?

I notice that you went to spot metering on the latest ones. Un, why? If it was because they were backlit, or whatever, still they are pretty white, did you use a -EC with the spot metering?

Great shots as usual! And you know I did make my contribution.

Oh, I notice that your egrets have yellow/orange banding across the area above their beak. No green that I can see. Mine have had green. Why? (That could not be something I did wrong????)

Have a good rest of the day!

ginger

[Harryb]

Just Outstanding Harry :bow :thumb :clap
Beautiful birds, water just really nice :thumb
How many shots missed the shaker before you nailed him :lol
Thank you Ben. The main reason I took the last 3 shots was because of the water colors behind them. I nailed the first sucker on my first try. My next 6 shots of him sucked though. :smile6

[Thiago Sigrist]

gorgeous shots of this beautiful bird, the egret!

I'm just amazed at how good-looking the water shapes and colors on the background look, and the egret looks really sharp and nicely exposed, not to mention the elegant posing (well, and the lack of elegance on the first shot's pretty funny too)!

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago

[Harryb]

You givin that first one shock treatments Harry?

Great shots as usual.

I saw my first egrets of the year yesterday. I had the manual WB set wrong for the first series and they came out all blue.... and I horribly over exposed the rest. :dunno
Hey Brian,

Thanks for the kind comment. The wrong WB can be a bummer. I shot a whole series at the flash WB once and couldn't recover any of the shots. As for overexposing egrets I could do a book with all the oe shots I've taken.

[Adrian van Ammers]

The first one is funny! Thanks for the smile. #2 is my favorite, wow! :clap
Hi you'll,

Its still Egret Fest

and I'm all shook up


http://behret.smugmug.com/photos/19325767-L.jpg





A Day Without an Egret is Like a Day Without the Sunshine

[Trish323]

Harry,
....So now you have these in your pool???? J/k..beautiful shots! Hope to meet up with you this coming week...I need help with my RAW shots!..The kids leave tomorrow AM ..I will need something to keep me busy!

T.

[Harryb]

[QUOTE=ginger_55]How do you get the shots like the first one? Do you pop out of somewhere and say "BOO"?
No but I seem to get the same reaction from all the birds and most of the people I meet also. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif


I notice that you went to spot metering on the latest ones. Un, why? If it was because they were backlit, or whatever, still they are pretty white, did you use a -EC with the spot metering?
I spot metered those because the lighting was real funky. I made no ev adjustment on those shots because I was spot metering on the birds.




Oh, I notice that your egrets have yellow/orange banding across the area above their beak. No green that I can see. Mine have had green. Why? (That could not be something I did wrong????)

Your egrets were great egrets and mine were snowy egrets so thats part of te answer. When Great Egrets have that green banding it means they are ready for some mating action. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/naughty.gif

[Lucky Hack]

Really incredible series Harry, the contrast between the unbelievable water and the bird are absolutely stunning. I just wish I had a couple of shots like the ones you post on a regular basis. I really enjoy your posts because I get to see what an amazing shot should look like, thanks for setting the bar.

ps. loved your cell phone story...

hoping this message finds you not on hold -Ian

[jwear]

great set Harry first one is something i have not seen yet :thumb and water color is something in the last set :clap if your book is real big i will send you some of mine :D Jeff

[Harryb]

gorgeous shots of this beautiful bird, the egret!

I'm just amazed at how good-looking the water shapes and colors on the background look, and the egret looks really sharp and nicely exposed, not to mention the elegant posing (well, and the lack of elegance on the first shot's pretty funny too)!

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago
Hiya Thiago,

Always good to hear from you. I lucked out with the background on those shots.

[Andy]

How do you get the shots like the first one? Do you pop out of somewhere and say "BOO"?

ginger, remember, this is harry:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/3349214-L.jpg

the poor bird was scared half to death!

[John Mueller]

ginger, remember, this is harry:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/3349214-L.jpg

the poor bird was scared half to death!
Harrys secret is out:D:rofl:rofl

Very nice Harry.Excellent in fact:thumb

[Harryb]

The first one is funny! Thanks for the smile. #2 is my favorite, wow! :clap
Thanks Adrian.

[Harryb]

Harry,
....So now you have these in your pool???? J/k..beautiful shots! Hope to meet up with you this coming week...I need help with my RAW shots!..The kids leave tomorrow AM ..I will need something to keep me busy!

T.
Hey Trish,

Great hearing from you. Where are the cute grandson pics? I've got two NJ refugees in my house right now but they should be leaving Wednesday. Drop me a line a or give me a call and we'll see what we can set up for Thursday or Friday.

[Eric&Susan]

Great set as usual Harry:thumb Number 2 is GREAT. I love the way the water colors make the egret stand out even more. With all the egrets around lately you still managed to make me say WOW with that one.:clap


Eric

[Harryb]

Really incredible series Harry, the contrast between the unbelievable water and the bird are absolutely stunning. I just wish I had a couple of shots like the ones you post on a regular basis. I really enjoy your posts because I get to see what an amazing shot should look like, thanks for setting the bar.

ps. loved your cell phone story...

hoping this message finds you not on hold -Ian
Hey Ian,

Thanks for the very kind words. I'm lucky to be living in bird central and to be retired so i have the time to shoot,

[Harryb]

great set Harry first one is something i have not seen yet :thumb and water color is something in the last set :clap if your book is real big i will send you some of mine :D Jeff
Hey Jeff,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I appreciate it.

[Harryb]

ginger, remember, this is harry:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/3349214-L.jpg

the poor bird was scared half to death!
Oh bother. This is the 200th time you posted that pic. I'm going to start charging you a usage fee. I figure I'll be able to buy that 500mm lens on these proceeds alone. BTW that was one good looking dude.

[Harryb]

Great set as usual Harry:thumb Number 2 is GREAT. I love the way the water colors make the egret stand out even more. With all the egrets around lately you still managed to make me say WOW with that one.:clap


Eric
Thank you very much Eric

[Andy]

Oh bother. This is the 200th time you posted that pic. I'm going to start charging you a usage fee. I figure I'll be able to buy that 500mm lens on these proceeds alone. BTW that was one good looking dude.

c'mon up i'll take a fresh piccie :lol3

[Steve Cavigliano]

Super shots Harry :thumb :thumb


That water has an irredescence about it, almost an electric blue :clap Is that what happened to the first guy? Electric shock?....lol

I agree that Andy is over using that 60's shot of you. You are nowhere near as scary looking now :uhoh OK, maybe you are, but at least you wear a hat nowadays :lol You know I'm kidding buddy :wink You're a fine looking specimen, for your advanced years :lol3

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Thanks for sharing,
Steve

[wxwax]

The first shot's funny as hell. And this one's beautiful. Is an Egret a bird?





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[Harryb]

c'mon up i'll take a fresh piccie :lol3
If you want a fresh pic you come on down. Now that we have Starbucks down here NYC has nothing left to offer. :D

[Harryb]

Super shots Harry :thumb :thumb


That water has an irredescence about it, almost an electric blue :clap Is that what happened to the first guy? Electric shock?....lol

I agree that Andy is over using that 60's shot of you. You are nowhere near as scary looking now :uhoh OK, maybe you are, but at least you wear a hat nowadays :lol You know I'm kidding buddy :wink You're a fine looking specimen, for your advanced years :lol3

http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/28902276.jpg


Thanks for sharing,
Steve
Gawd, still good looking after all these years. I can't tell you what a thrill it is to wake up in the morning and to go shave and to see that face staring out at me from the mirror.

:lol4 :lol4 :lol4

[Harryb]

The first shot's funny as hell. And this one's beautiful. Is an Egret a bird?

Thanks Sid. Technically an egret is a bird but I like to think that they are more than that. :rofl