{"id":76387,"date":"2019-09-28T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T11:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=76387"},"modified":"2019-09-28T08:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T14:35:37","slug":"great-egret-banking-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/28\/great-egret-banking-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Egret Banking In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plus a champion of raptors and a mentor to thousands of raptor-lovers could use our help.<\/p>\n

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1\/8000, 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

Four days ago while I was photographing Snowy Egrets at Farmington Bay WMA this Great Egret unexpectedly flew by. I didn’t have time to adjust camera settings so I just raised my lens and fired off a few grab shots. This is my favorite of the bunch because I just happened to catch it in a quick banking maneuver so we have a good look at the right wing and the left wing is oblique to the sun which provided some interesting light, shadows and detail there.<\/p>\n

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Here’s an alternative vertical crop if you prefer.<\/p>\n

I realize it’s only a white bird in flight against a pale blue sky but it’s probably my best shot so far of a Great Egret in flight so I decided to post it. I think some puffy white clouds in the background would have improved the image but so far at least I haven’t figured out how to make that happen without cheating with Photoshop.<\/p>\n

That’s just not gonna happen so it is what it is.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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On an unrelated but very important note:<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever had a series of unexpected, unpleasant and unrelated events happen so suddenly that your mind was completely discombobulated as it jumped back and forth between them as you tried to digest it all? That was my situation on June 19, 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was early Sunday morning and Mia and I had just rescued Galileo (Short-eared Owl) off of barbed wire<\/a> in extreme northern Utah. Galileo had been badly injured on the wire and we were desperate to know our best course of action to try to save the owl while we were so far from home. We tried calling WRCNU (Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah in Ogden) but it was Sunday and Father’s Day and they weren’t answering their phone so as I drove toward Salt Lake City Mia called our friend Jerry Liguori for advice. Many of my readers know of Jerry – he’s a world-renowned authority on North American raptors, the author of several excellent books on the subject, he lives locally and at the time he was working for HawkWatch International so he seemed like our best resource at the moment.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was during that phone call that we learned from Jerry that he had just been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s Disease). That 90 minute drive back to Salt Lake City was (and remains) a jumble in my mind as I tried to process the devastating news from Jerry while we had an injured and sometimes struggling owl inside my pickup with us.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

ALS is among the cruelest of diagnoses. Jerry’s medical costs have added up as his disease has progressed and insurance won’t cover some of his basic needs such as a breathing machine, an electric wheelchair and a full-time nurse so Jerry and Sherry Liguori could use some help. Friends have set up a GoFundMe page to help with expenses so please contribute if you can, even just a little.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s the link to the Jerry Liguori Fundraiser<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The timing may not be good for you to donate and it goes without saying that none of us can contribute to all of the worthy causes that have touched our hearts. I understand that completely. My own contribution was small and I know Jerry personally. But even if only a few of us can donate it will help. If the timing isn’t good for you to contribute I still wanted to bring my readers up to date regarding Jerry’s situation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This is a photocopy of the cover of my copy of one of Jerry’s books. It’s always sitting in the bookshelf right in front of me as I compose my blog posts and I refer to it often when I’m writing about raptors. I know that some of my readers have copies of this book or others written by Jerry.<\/em><\/p>\n

Feathered Photography owes a lot to Jerry Liguori.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ron<\/em><\/p>\n

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Plus a champion of raptors and a mentor to thousands of raptor-lovers could use our help.<\/p>\n

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