Great Egret - who needs Florida!

This one's for Don -
Captured this evening from the top of my driveway in suburban Atlanta from about 125 yards away. I threw everything I had at it FL-wise (there were actually 2, but one was too low in the trees), but came up short of the "Duane stack".
A new and totally unexpected "lifer" for me to say the least!

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Haha, but you don't have anything to apologize about!! The whites look very good indeed!
You know, I saw one last year for the very first time in my life, but depressingly far away and the few shots I kept I only kept as reminders that I really did see one...
Steve, sincere congratulations on capturing this beauty. And the shots are wonderful; I would be delighted to have come home with anything half as good!

beautiful, really amazing. love the 3rd one

Nicely done and much closer than I have been able to get to them here.

Great stuff, Steve. #3 is a killer shot.

Thumbs up

Nicely done, the whites are always challenging on these fellas.

Really nicely done. Btw I need Florida.

nice series, Steve

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #14216979
Haha, but you don't have anything to apologize about!! The whites look very good indeed!
You know, I saw one last year for the very first time in my life, but depressingly far away and the few shots I kept I only kept as reminders that I really did see one...
Steve, sincere congratulations on capturing this beauty. And the shots are wonderful; I would be delighted to have come home with anything half as good!

It was quite a shock to see these this close to home Levina, and the only thing I could think of when I was in PS is "please don't mess up the whites" . Thanks always for your lovely comments.

rick_reno wrote in post #14216985
beautiful, really amazing. love the 3rd one

Thanks Rick. I think that's the best too.

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #14217124
Nicely done and much closer than I have been able to get to them here.

I appreciate it Gary. Luckily, I think, these came to me rather than me trying to sneak up on them.

Harvey_G wrote in post #14219119
Great stuff, Steve. #3 is a killer shot.

Very kind Harv. I'm just glad they gave me a chance.

digger58 wrote in post #14219955
Thumbs up

I appreciate the comment digger!

Lester Wareham wrote in post #14220700
Nicely done, the whites are always challenging on these fellas.

Thank you Lester. Yes whites are a challenge and one I'm not really used to.

Northontguy wrote in post #14221403
Really nicely done. Btw I need Florida.

I know you need Florida Claude and I really didn't mean it the way it came out. I appreciate your understanding and comments.

dgraham329 wrote in post #14221458
nice series, Steve

Always appreciated Dean.

You did great on these Steve, the whites look nice on my monitor.

Nice looking bird too, all decked out for the spring dance.

Were those 120yds away?
They are great. I would be happy with that at
40 feet.
What setup?

CamFan01 wrote in post #14216600
This one's for Don -
Captured this evening from the top of my driveway in suburban Atlanta from about 125 yards away. I threw everything I had at it FL-wise (there were actually 2, but one was too low in the trees), but came up short of the "Duane stack".
A new and totally unexpected "lifer" for me to say the least!

My apologies up front to Levina for murdering the whites.
Thanks for having a look and any and all comments always welcome.

Great shots Steve of a difficult bird to photograph with all that whiter than white.
however you do need Fl, the birds are a dime a dozen so lots of practise

Great results Steve, especially from that distance. I thought I had a good variety of garden birds but an Egret on your driveway? OK, you win

Nighthound wrote in post #14222745
You did great on these Steve, the whites look nice on my monitor.

Nice looking bird too, all decked out for the spring dance.

Much appreciated Steve. I guess I'll have to thank Spring for bringing this one my way.

jhayesvw wrote in post #14223028
Were those 120yds away?
They are great. I would be happy with that at
40 feet.
What setup?

The EXIF doesn't show subject distance (don't know why not), but it was at least 100 yds Jeremy. Eqpt was the 1D4 on the 500mm + 1.4TC2, tripod and remote release as always. And as always thanks for the comments.

cdiver2 wrote in post #14223139
Great shots Steve of a difficult bird to photograph with all that whiter than white.
however you do need Fl, the birds are a dime a dozen so lots of practise

That's what I lack is practice on white birds like this cdive. And yes, FL is needed, but I don't need to go there just yet - . I appreciate the nice comments.

2slo wrote in post #14224349
Great results Steve, especially from that distance. I thought I had a good variety of garden birds but an Egret on your driveway? OK, you win

Quite the surprise it was Mark showing up behind my house. And they stayed right there in the tree tops for about 45 minutes while I walked the dogs....I was very lucky! Thanks for the compliments as always.