{"id":51752,"date":"2017-09-18T05:26:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T11:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=51752"},"modified":"2017-09-18T06:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T12:05:16","slug":"snowy-egret-descending-into-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/18\/snowy-egret-descending-into-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Egret Descending Into Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a six image series of a Snowy Egret in flight as it loses elevation in order to land. I’ve posted one of the\u00a0photos previously.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this bird earlier this month at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. The egret was coming in for a landing near the shore and I was fortunate enough to lock on and keep it in focus for six shots without clipping any body parts. Typical of egrets in this situation it was largely a gliding approach so all the flight postures are\u00a0somewhat similar but\u00a0I do\u00a0enjoy seeing the changes in the background as the bird descends.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t like this composition because the bird is too low in the frame. After I rotated the image to get the horizon level I didn’t have\u00a0enough room at the bottom but I thought the image added important context to the series so I included it.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A bit about the background and why the bottom portion of the image is becoming\u00a0so dark. There’s two layers of phragmites\u00a0back there\u00a0– the golden hues at top are dead phrags but just below them are dark green living ones.\u00a0Those living phrags…<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

and now their reflection in the water of the pond produced the dark greens. This is the photo I posted previously.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

There’s significant contrast between bird and background in these last two shots so I was pleased to pretty much nail the exposure.<\/p>\n

Apologies for the “pretty much” in the previous sentence –\u00a0that may be an old Montana’ism left over from my years on the farm\u00a0and I’ve never been able to shake it. It’s\u00a0kind of like “pertineer” for pretty near\u00a0and to be honest\u00a0I really don’t try very hard to lose either one of them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The egret’s angle of attack in the air became steeper as it approached the chosen landing spot. This is the last sharp shot I was able to get without clipping anything.<\/p>\n

I don’t get many photos of Snowy Egrets in flight that I like very much so I’ve probably overdone it here, especially since the flight postures are\u00a0quite similar. Hopefully the interesting changes in\u00a0background compensate a little for the “blizzard of snowies”.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This is a six image series of a Snowy Egret in flight as it loses elevation in order to land. <\/p>\n

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