Great Egret in Flight

[Alan]

Hi

Finding it hard to get enthused lately, but I took the camera with me at lunch time to some ponds near Bungendore. The midday light was not ideal and not much was happening until a lone egret turned up. The camera refused to auto focus for some reason (thinking 1.7 TC), so I only got a couple of flukes.

Great Egret, Ardea modesta.







D7000 300mm 1.7 TC. 1/2500/2000 f/7.1 640 ISO +1/3ev

[loose cannon]

Nice flukes.

Love the head turn in #1, good wing position and detail considering the midday light.

I'm also a big fan of bird in habitat images so #3 rocks my boat.

[sejac]

I wish some of my flukes looked this good. Nice work Alan.

[P Plates]

These are beautiful. I love the painterly look of the bokeh, particularly #3.

[Alan]

Thanks for your kind words

Cheers

[Isac]

All good pics Alan, I manage to get quite a few egret shots at our local lake, even an egret and white faced heron sitting side by side up in a tree. They really are graceful. Nice captures.

[Phoenix]

Getting focused shots of a bird flying straight at you must be amongst one of the most challenging shots to do. My AF never keeps up with them.
I'd be ecstatic if I managed to do it.
Very enjoyable to see your egret images, glad you took the time to take and share them.

[avkomp]

you did well in midday light.

I find my lenses focus ok in decent light with the 1.7
busy backgrounds not withstanding.
what lens?

[Alan]

Thanks Stephen - yes, normally with good light AF works fine with this combo - not sure what I was doing wrong this time.

It's a 300mm f/4 Nikon

Cheers

[avkomp]

sometimes dirty contacts etc can do you in, but usually you might notice other issues too and realise, so I got nothing for you.........