Great Egret In Flight - WOW!!!

Today I went to Plum Island and had the chance to see some Great Egrets hunting. I'll try to post some pics tomorrow. They don't even compare to this shot though.

After I left Plum Island I stopped at a local pond to check out some Canada Geese. Imagine my surprise when this Great Egret flew right over the park, circled back, and flew down to the pond. I didn't think the shots I took would come out very good, but I was blown away by this one. I don't usually gets shots like this of birds in flight.

This shot is straight out of the camera aside from a crop, resize, and sharpen. The only nit pick I have is that you can see the telephone wires on the left side, but I don't think they take that much away from the photo, do you?

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It's a beautiful image, perfectly exposed. Congrats!!

Yup. Lovely capture.

beautiful image

That's a fine shot! I wish I could see some of these!

Lovely capture.

great shot Mandy

not at all, thats a beautiful shot!

Great shot Mandy, where was the Pond?

@ joove, dgraham329, Gaurav S., kmunroe, & BGgraphy - Thanks for looking and commenting. Your kind words are appreciated.

@ jgrussell - Thanks! I was worried it would be way blown out because I'd been playing around with the settings trying to get it right w/the Canada Geese. I'm so excited - still - that this photo came out this good! One of my best yet that's for sure!

@ ajosteve - They truly are beautiful birds, very unique! I hope you get to see them one day too.

@ Airedale1 - Thanks! I see you're from NH as well. I guess I should've worded it better, but by "local pond" I meant it was local to Plum Island. Have you ever been? This pond is off of 1A I believe a little bit before turning off on to the main stretch. It's in the middle of a city park.

A very nice one.

Fantastic shot! I don't think the telephone wires are distracting.
If you are worried though, you could always clone them out if you use photoshop, or patch over them with other software.
I think it's fine though! Great capture

Absolutely gorgeous shot. I'm jealous. If the wires bother you, clone 'em. The AYES have it.

Excellent capture.

Beautiful image, excellent catch of an egret in flight. Your image would look great in a poster size hanging on a wall