Little Egret part 2

Some more shots of the little egret. Possibly the same one as yesterday's… possibly not, although it was grazing along the same stretch of water. Once again the light was less than ideal, but it was windless and I was able to pick up some fine reflections.

I'm not sure what all that broken pipe work is doing there, but I liked the combination of imagery and it adds a nice dash of colour to the shot.

This one is here for the reflection.

And if you've ever wondered what they look like all fluffed up, now you know. I'm sure I've seen this one in The Muppet Show 😉

Th efinal shot today was actually taken early in the morning. It's one of two cormorants which were at Falmer pond. The light was poor, but I caught this one as it came into land. The shutter speed was down at 1/80s (ISO 1000), but the focus was reasonably sharp. It lacks the great light of some other recent shots, but for the moment it's one of my favourites.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF and 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.

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This Post Has 11 Comments

  1. gdare

    29 Oct 2011

    Big Bird really exists :eyes:

    Nice reflections, especially on that 5th one :yes:

  2. SittingFox

    29 Oct 2011

    Originally posted by gdare:

    Big Bird really exists

    :eyes: This a major scientific discovery! Maybe Words will get honoured with its Latin name or something :right:

    Nice shots! 🙂

  3. gdare

    30 Oct 2011

    Words, think of something now 😀

  4. cakkleberrylane

    30 Oct 2011

    I like the cormorat shot too, there is a beautiful artistic quality about it.

  5. Words

    30 Oct 2011

    Darko, I was so poor at Latin at school…. 🙁 How about: avis gigantus permutare, or something like that.

  6. Words

    30 Oct 2011

    Darko, thanks! I so nearly titled the post 'Big Birds' as well. 🙂

  7. Words

    30 Oct 2011

    Lois, thanks. The cormorant is my favourite of these. So often the focus gets lost or camera shake intrudes, but for once most elements held together.

  8. Words

    30 Oct 2011

    Adele, that would be cool!

  9. gdare

    30 Oct 2011

    Originally posted by Words:

    avis gigantus permutare

    Ok, we will see what Adele has to say 😀

  10. serola

    1 Nov 2011

    The "fluffed up" picture is great 😆

  11. Words

    2 Nov 2011

    Sami, Big Bird says 'Thanks!' 🙂

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