Egrets catching dinner

[jorj7]

I took the 1Dmk2 out yesterday. My 20D died at the last Rally, so I
picked up a used mk2. I'm still getting use to it. It's a similar to the
1D, but the results are different. I went out to the Berkeley Aquatic
Park with a few friends and took some shots the Sigma 800 f/5.6.


1 Great Egret spots a fish
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-045934-01.jpg

2 Got it!
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-045936-01.jpg

3 Line it up (this took several tries)
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-045939-01.jpg

4 Still struggling
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-045951-03.jpg

5 Down the hatch
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-050001-01.jpg

6 Snowy Egret on the chase
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-050156-01.jpg

7 Act of defiance?
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-050516-01.jpg

8 Eye to eye
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-050524-01.jpg

[canonloader]

Wow George. You disappear then come back with a new camera and great images with it. Looks like in #4 he's squeezing the stuff out of him before gulping it down. :)

[jorj7]

Thanks Mitch. The Great Egret "played" with this fish for a while. Kept picking it
up, munching, then dropping it. It finally got it down.

Like I said the 20D died last week, so I had to get a replacement before the next
race. I'll send the 20D in to get fixed since it's still my favorite "bird" camera.

[Tyger]

very nice series, love the snowy egret pics.

[jorj7]

Thanks Tyger. The Snowy has a lot more expressions then the Greats. They definitely put
on a more lively show.

[pttenn]

Amazing shots! Wish I could afford that camera!
Karen

[jorj7]

Thanks Karen. Me too. I'll have to sell a few lenses and one of the other cameras
to "afford" it.

[Cooper911]

Nice action series here. Good attention to whites and nice detail. Good work.

[jorj7]

Thanks Cooper. That's one of the first things I have to work out with a new camera,
is how it handles the whites. Now I have to work on the sharpness.

[KaplanMultimedia]

Terrific captures by both you and your subjects. :D

[Lethargic1]

Very nice pics.

[jorj7]

Thanks Joel,

The Egrets seem to be have good success out there yesterday. Saw the Great Egret
get several fish.

Thanks Lethargic1.

[Reyno]

Stunning and well captured images George.

[jorj7]

Thanks Reyno. I appreciate your comments.

[SlipNslide281]

LOL George, I really like the last two shots. #7 is funny. I didn't get great poses like you got. You seem to have way better timing or more buffer because I kept shooting and camera would stop because of the buffer and I missed the fish going down the throat. :) Great times George. I enjoyed it. Thanks for inviting us out.

-Adam

[rocklyons]

Terrific pictures. Especially the snowy.

[jorj7]

Thanks Adam. Must be timing, since I was short on flash memory and was saving my shots :).

Here's a couple more from a few minutes later:

2-1
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-050350-02ps.jpg

2-2
http://birds.jorj7.com/070722-berkeley-aquatic-park/0722-050351-01ps.jpg

[SlipNslide281]

aww very nice timing. Gulp!!! Rats, I missed it. I'm ready to get back out there.

-Adam

[enjoy]

Good capture George.

[jorj7]

Thanks. You should see the one I got today.... GBH catch a mole.

[Howler-Cat]

Wow...Excellent, excellent! Did I say it twice? Excellent! ;)