The Fight For Nesting Space

Posted by Michael Eckstein on Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:20 pm

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10D 100/400mm @250mm 1/3200 @f7.1 Handheld

Taken this morning at the Venice Rookery.

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by Parrothead Pete on Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:23 pm

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great capture...

Man, I should be there right now...looks like a lot of action...

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by Bill Whala on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:12 pm

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Great action. Just wish for the egret's legs.

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by AForns on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:14 pm

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Great action shot....I wonder what happened on the next frame

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by J. Chevrier on Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:14 pm

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WOW! Great, Michael!

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by AlexC on Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:57 pm

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Lovely arrival and a great wing span, nice colors as well, and great interaction to boot!!, You cooked the lower bird, but his anticipation makes up for it!!, Congrats!!

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by Michael Eckstein on Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:23 pm

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This image was frame number 5 in a burst of 9 frames. I was taking shots of the GBH in flight and was very surprised when he dove at the egret. My exposure was based on the GBH so there was no way that the white egret would be properly exposed. The exposure was eval -2/3. In those lighting conditions I was exposing white egrets in the sun at eval -1 2/3. To answer the question about the next frame the GBH actually elevated a few feet and dove at the egret again, who then hunched down at this attack. I want to thank everyone for their kind comments.

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by Jill on Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:56 pm