Australian 'Great Egret' Landing

[paulhillion]

Haven't posted anything in a while so here goes. This was taken last year in Australia's beautiful Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria.

I gave a talk on my travels down under on Wednesday night to my local RSPB group which gave me a good reason to trawl through my collection from last year. I'd forgotten about a series of shots I'd taken during an hour spent in the company of this fine looking bird early one morning.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/hillion/egret_land.jpg

20D, 70-200 f/4, handheld, 1/800, f/4, iso800, -2/3

Thanks

[Veracocha]

Fantastic, thank you for sharing this picture. I am currently watching a little Egret but need a decent opportunity to get the shot I am looking for.

[ajosteve]

Beautiful shot paul...love the raised wing, reminds me of something from the orient...very nice...steve

[Najo]

Wow nice shot, bright whites!!

[Paul A]

Very nice, looks like a very graceful bird.

[mikeassk]

Great shot.
Thats a very nice exposure on those whites!

[Gary Fairhead]

Nice image and the bird is beautifully eaposed and pops nicely against that BG.