Hunting Snowy EgretHunting Snowy Egret – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1/2000, ISO 320, Nikkor 80-400mm at 300mm, natural light

I love the challenge of photographing white birds and getting the exposures right, I like to nail it. Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula) are great birds to practice getting exposures of the whites set correctly.

I photographed this hunting Snowy Egret while it was in a lagoon at Fort De Soto’s north beach. I was in the water with the bird and it ignored me completely, it probably didn’t feel threatened by me because I made myself kneel very still in the warm saltwater. I was able to shoot a very nice series of this egret while it hunted for its prey, now I need to find the time to edit the rest of them!

The light was at such a wonderful angle that I didn’t need to use any exposure compensation, gotta love that!

Life is good.

Mia

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