Sneaking Up On Breakfast Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Sunday brunch buffet was open for business yesterday morning at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge but this guy came up empty most of the time. A light breeze caught his feathers every once in a while.

Is this a little blue heron? I could use some help with this ID.

A Canon 400mm f2.8 lens w/ a 2x teleconverter was used to get this shot. Nonetheless this is cropped quite a bit.

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fkostas (444) 2009-03-09 17:16

Hi Greg,

This is the reddish egret. I think this bird has the most personality so far. The detail is pretty nice, especially in the spread wings, and the water drops off his beak. It's a very elegant picture.

Farah

plimrn (19710) 2009-03-09 17:34

Hi Gregory,
You really captured good detail in the feathers anbd the eye, I can usually get one or the other sharp but not both. The body feathers look a lot like a herons, but I'm used to seeing a lighter head. Perhaps in the young the head is darker - a young eagle looks nothing like a mature eagle.
HLJ, Pat

carper (65646) 2009-03-10 1:02

marvelous shot here gregory.
good capture, fantastic point of view, great atmosphere, a good one, have a nice day.
regard jaap

Greg1949 (8519) 2009-03-12 5:04

Greg, this is a great shot, I love how you captured him making a shadow on the water to defeat the glare, great work.

Greg

danyy (69447) 2009-05-25 0:04

Bonjour Gregory,
une photo exceptionnelle, je connais des revus scientifiques qui payeraient pour l'obtenir :-).
Tout est bien réglé, de la DOF à l'exposition.
Bien à toi.
Daniel.