It appears to be a Great Egret. It's also a Great photo.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > 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. > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- 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.
