Pictures of egrets are a dime a dozen. I have hundreds of them.
What I don't have is a good picture of an egret in flight. Egrets are remarkably shy birds that fly away at the slightest movement, and I've never been able to get anything better than a decent picture of one flying.
But perhaps you remember the egret in Monday's picture? Just outside the frame there's a tour boat. This was my chance! I zoomed in, got a good focus, and just waited for the tourists on the boat to eventually scare the egret into flying away. They did, and burst mode did the rest.
This is the best picture I took on the entire trip. It's pin sharp, the lighting is superb, the background is perfect, and the motion is stopped. I finally have a great picture of an egret in flight.
A triumph! Congratulations.
That's a real prize winner!
Congratulations - breathtaking!
Simply elegant
"Egrets, I’ve had a few." —Birdman of Alcatraz
Wait a minute. That egret has two legs.
Great shot!
Love the lighting! Great pic.
Gorgeous.
Lovely photo. If you want lots of opportunity to catch egrets in flight, come out here to the East Coast. Every evening 10 to 20 of them gather on the shores and, surprising to me at least, high in the trees bordering the pond behind our place. And every evening, as if on cue, the take flight over our place, two to four at a time. In the course of a few minutes they're all gone.