Snowy Egret, Egretta hula: Saint Augustine Alligator Farm;
Saint Augustine, Florida
I found this handsome fellow the first morning I arrived at
the heron rookery in Saint Augustine, Florida.
When I first saw this snowy he was displaying on a lower branch. I shot dozens and dozens of images, but the he
was partially hidden and the full display of its’ beautiful aigrette feathers
were veiled.
Soon after my first round of images, the sun fully lite the
egret while leaving the background in shadows.
As the egret continued its display the aigrette feathers glowed against
the dark background, but the bird was still on the lower branch. As I shot a few more frames I kept saying……”move
up to the next branch, move up to the next branch,” and all of a sudden the
snowy stepped up onto the arching branch and continued to display.
Now, fully in the open, I could get the image
I was looking for, with the fine feather filaments standing out against the
background. Over the next three days I
photographed this egret displaying against various tonal backgrounds, but it is
this one with that shows the true beauty of this magnificent behavior.
Nikon D-800, Nikon 500mm f/4, 1/2000 second @ f/8
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