10-08-2011, 08:05 PM
I've been out to my river area (american river near sacramento) serveral times recently and it seems that the dead snowy egret I found a while back was indeed my ol buddy. The only other snowy egrets I've seen were very different and neither was at Edgar's favorite spot (yes, I've named him Edgar the Egret)...
But I got some new pics to share...
This guy was at Edgar's favorite spot, but he's a Great Egret (a big one) - think I've seen this guy here before
By FAR the best quail shot I've ever taken
Updates about the camera: still really loving it, but here are some weaknesses...
Tends toward over saturation - many of the above pics required me to tone down the saturation. In particular yellows go WAY overboard in the very soft, late afternoon light. I'm having a very hard time panning with flying birds and getting solid shots at full zoom. I'll get better...
There's some nasty green fringe on the egret shot - this is the first I've seen this. The sun was very low - the light very soft...
But I got some new pics to share...
This guy was at Edgar's favorite spot, but he's a Great Egret (a big one) - think I've seen this guy here before
By FAR the best quail shot I've ever taken
Updates about the camera: still really loving it, but here are some weaknesses...
Tends toward over saturation - many of the above pics required me to tone down the saturation. In particular yellows go WAY overboard in the very soft, late afternoon light. I'm having a very hard time panning with flying birds and getting solid shots at full zoom. I'll get better...
There's some nasty green fringe on the egret shot - this is the first I've seen this. The sun was very low - the light very soft...