Nice, Paul. Well done feather exposure. Spot metering? I don't imagine you needed the flash in this case. My guess is also a "Great Egret", although size is difficult to estimate. Yellow bill likely means it's not a "Snowy" Egret(?)
Jack --- On Sat, 8/30/08, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PESO: Some Kind of Egret > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 8:22 PM > I would guess this is a Great Egret, but I'm no expert. > In any case, > I spotted him perched in a tree next the trickle of the > Rouge River > that spills over the dam of one of the lakes in Bloomfield > Hills, > Michigan. A heron was standing near him in the water. But I > was on my > way to the bank and didn't have a camera. Gee, I ought > to go home for > the camera, I thought. But no. Figured they'e both be > gone. Finished > some of my estate executort business at the bank and > realized I was > missing one of the four checkbooks I needed. So I drove > back home for > the checkbook. The heron was gone, but the egret was still > there. So > I picked up the K20D, A 400/5.6, 540 flash and Xtender > along with the > checkbook. On my way back, much to my surprise, the egret > was still > sitting on the same branch where I had first spied him. So > I parked > the car, crept up to within about 50 feet and clicked off a > few > shots. Not great light, but I worked on it a bit in > conversion. And > here it is. > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7768636. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
