Egret, my wife and son, Kildeer, and Egret again...

Last week, just on a whim, drove by a little river area and was surprised to see a wonderful egret...

took my 1-4L and did finally get pics of egrets...

100-400L, ISO 500 1/1250 f/8

week later, finally had a chance to take out the 500L... damn, this thing is heavy... and needs getting used to...

as i was loading my car, wife comes out with my son... "take a picture!"
and she stands 5 feet from the camera... with the 500L mounted...

"step back"... so she does... a couple of steps...
500L, ISO 400, f/8, 1/640

well, wanting to get going... i just took a pic of the son... one day, i'll explain to her about MFD...

first stop, local nature center... i hate the fact that they're dredging the pond... not too many birds...

but did get a killdeer and a baby killdeer...
500L, ISO 800, 1/2500 f/4


sorry, forgot to crop this, but not a great pic...

and the egret still fishing...
500L ISO400, 1/1250sec, f/4

500L ISO400, 1/1250sec, f/4

still learning about this big monster of a lens...
and i guess still getting used to taking pics with it.

used a monopod today... for the first time... needed to get some getting used to...

thanks for looking

Al

and of course, any/all comments/crits are fully welcomed and appreciated.