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Challenge: Free Study 2012-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2012 Challenge shots
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
Date: Jun 21, 2012
Date Uploaded: Jun 21, 2012
[Jul. 7th, 2012 12:01:21 PM]

This was also taken during my trip to chincoteague. I love this shot, and it was almost my entry for the bird challenge. In many ways, I like it better than the bird challenge shot, simply because it catches the personality of the bird.

Most of the photos I'm showing below, (not all) I didn't bother doing much with -- just clicking "auto" in the RAW editor. I just wanted to show you a little about these birds.

The snowy egrets are so much fun to photograph -- they're always on the go.

Snowy egrets are much smaller than the great egrets -- here's a comparison:



While the great egrets just sit and wait for the fish to go by:



The snowys are always on the move. They fish by running or shuffling their feet to flush out prey. They turn, they twist, suddenly changing directions:



and they look quite silly at times:



I don't really us AIservo focusing on my camera -- it doesn't seem to be able to keep up with the speed of some of the things I shoot, so these guys are difficult to capture because of all of the quick jerks/movements they make.

The have big yellow feet that are endearingly silly:



My family is extremely lucky that I don't live closer to Chincoteague -- I doubt that they would ever see me again! There's so much to discover there, and it changes throughout the year. I'd never been there in June -- and there was a totally different group of birds there. I had been hoping for more of these:



that I had seen in Nov, but they were nowhere to be found. We usually go up thankgiving weekend in November to see the snow geese migration, and last year there were none to be found. It was so warm, the migration hadn't really started yet.

Chincoteague is known for its wild ponies and its wild pony roundup and auction



but who care about wild ponies if you can have funky birds?? :)

Two shots that are very special to me:



The end!








Statistics
Place: 6 out of 243
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/08/2012 11:29:37 AM
I FELT THIS HAD TO BE YOURS BUT IN A BIRD CHALLENGE IT WOULD HAVE GOT THE BLUE BUT FOR A FREE STUDY THIS IS AWESOME AGAINST THE IMAGES ABOVE YOU... TOUGH ONE THIS FREE STUDY BUT AGAIN YOU AMAZED ME AND MANY OTHERS WITH YOUR TALENT... FROM SHEZ
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/08/2012 11:20:46 AM
Another great finish with these wonderful bird shots. Way to go!
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Google Pixel 2
 07/08/2012 09:02:33 AM
Nice image! Great finish!
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 07/08/2012 09:02:22 AM
Loved this one, Wendy. Thanks for the tour, too. Congratulations on the top ten.
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Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS
 07/08/2012 08:05:06 AM
Fantastic shot, Wendy. These bird look like they must be fun to watch and you have captured it well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
07/07/2012 11:27:02 PM
Sweet.
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS II USM
 07/07/2012 10:23:08 PM
Very well captured
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 07/07/2012 07:20:03 AM
Love the light!
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 07/06/2012 08:46:03 AM
Love the way he looks as if he's running on the surface. Voted earlier.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 07/05/2012 12:24:23 PM
What a cool capture.
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II
07/03/2012 04:18:28 AM
why are the egrets so nervous!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 07/02/2012 05:16:43 PM
This looks like a studio shot!! Beautiful lighting
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 07/02/2012 11:39:44 AM
Great image, crisp, clear, sharp, a tad OE but not to its detriment, nice action. vawendy no doubt. 56Gb you say?
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