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Duelling Egrets -You gotta fight for the right to roost here.

 
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Aug 28, 2009 11:27 |  #1

Paid another visit to Langstone this afternoon & caught these two squabbling over "perching rights" on a branch.:lol:

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Aug 28, 2009 12:23 |  #2

Great action with these two! Excellent shots! Reminds me of Robin Hood and Little John on that tree over the creek. Heh...heh.


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Aug 28, 2009 12:27 |  #3

nice series!
kinda looks like they're dancing.


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Aug 28, 2009 12:36 |  #4

Beautiful shots. I bet they are brothers. :lol:


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Aug 28, 2009 15:23 |  #5

Thanks for the comments folks - It seems a real squabble when one bird comes in on anothers roost. Such fun to watch & a good learning curve for white exposures.


  
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Aug 28, 2009 17:47 |  #6

Nice shots, so OK then are you going to share your exposure compensation secrets :D


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Aug 29, 2009 15:06 |  #7

artyman wrote in post #8540869 (external link)
Nice shots, so OK then are you going to share your exposure compensation secrets :D

Thanks Artyman, I'll have to look at the Exif info as I was experimenting with different metering modes,but pretty sure they were spot & - 2/3rds under with just a little bit of DPP (which I'm still learning about with the RAW).


  
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Aug 29, 2009 16:04 |  #8

Nicely done...


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Aug 29, 2009 16:21 as a reply to  @ Stormin_24's post |  #9

That is one of the most unique series I have ever seen when it comes to dueling beaks. The are all so sharp and you did a great job on the whites. Thanks for sharing what you did to keep them looking great.


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Aug 29, 2009 16:38 |  #10

Stormin_24 wrote in post #8545542 (external link)
Nicely done...

jrquist wrote in post #8545608 (external link)
That is one of the most unique series I have ever seen when it comes to dueling beaks. The are all so sharp and you did a great job on the whites. Thanks for sharing what you did to keep them looking great.

Blimey, many thanks for the really nice replies.
Feel a bit humbled, and nice to get more than one reply for a change.:o


  
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Aug 30, 2009 13:34 |  #11

Cool series!!


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