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Great Egret

Great Egret (Image ID 46510)
Photographed byDavid Seymour on Sun 7th Mar, 2021 and uploaded on Sun 30th May, 2021 .
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ID46510
CommentIt was Egret day at Goulds Lagoon on this occasion, with several birds actively feeding in the shallows at various points around the locale. This provided an opportunity to find a viewpoint to show a bird positioned against a darker background, which I've found makes the whiteness of this species really glow. This bird was very actively moving around and periodically lunging at prey, and the R5's eye-detection AF proved very helpful in locking focus on the eye as the subject moved and I experimented with composition. Late in the season this far south, but this bird still shows some remnant breeding plumes and greenish colour in the lores.
EquipmentCanon EOS R5
EF 400 f/4 DO IS II + 1.4x TC III, at 560mm
Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, f/7.1, ISO 400, handheld, eye-detection AF
Processing: Lightroom Classic for RAW conversion and initial adjustments, then Photoshop for final adjustments and removal of a couple of the more distracting wavelet reflections. Final sharpening using Smart Sharpen was applied after size reduction to web submission dimensions.
LocationGoulds Lagoon, Granton, southern Tasmania, Tasmania
Keywordsadult, breeding plumage/features
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