A Feather Boa on two legs

[John 2]

Not the brightest of days. A bit more light would have been welcome.

Fuji x plus 100-400mm.

[JBW]

gorgeous

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[marlunn]

very nice, well captured

[Dave Humphries]

Nice John,

I have never got this close to an Egret, I hadn't noticed how monochrome they are in the fleshy/beaky parts before.

Tricky exposure well handled.

Cheers, Dave

[ScoutR]

Beautiful!

[carloshpvp]

Nice shot!

[Rita]

Good one John.

[rpcrowe]

Great image...

[Geoff F]

But more light would probably have caused a loss of feather detail, John.

I prefer to photograph them under slightly overcast skies then bring up a bit of extra brightness, selectively applied, during editing.

[John 2]

But more light would probably have caused a loss of feather detail, John.

I prefer to photograph them under slightly overcast skies then bring up a bit of extra brightness, selectively applied, during editing.

You are right I Geoff. It is what I have had to do and on reflection, the light was slightly in front of me and that would have made for a more difficult exposure/PP.

[davidedric]

Great picture, John, I guess they are now in breeding plumage.

It fooled me at first though. Clearly a little egret, but they are supposed to have yellow feet. Then I looked a bit closer, and I think it's been wading through mud!

Dave

[John 2]

I forgot to add my thanks to all for commenting in my previous post, so thanks to all.

Thanks Dave. Yes, a spring tide pushed all the bird life close in and much was left muddy, including me.

[NorthernFocus]

Lovely bird. The lighting made it much easier to protect the highlights. Nicely done.

[IzzieK]

The editing is excellent. Yes I think this is the time of the year when the breeding plumes are more pronounced. I still remember their dance only too well at the bird sanctuary here in Missouri. Beautiful bird. Beautiful shot!

[John 2]

Thanks Izzie. I must admit that I haven't seen them dance yet. It would be nice to capture a couple of them doing a pas de deux.

[Rebel]

Nice shot John

[John 2]

Thank you Matt.

[bnnrcn]

A beautiful image John

[John 2]

Thanks Binnur. They are beautiful birds.