Reflective Egrets

A great egret and snowy egret fishing in the salt marsh yesterday afternoon. It was cold out there but dinner still had to be caught.

22 thoughts on “Reflective Egrets”

Patrizia M. on February 21, 2015 at 4:44 pm said:

Splendidi riflessi, sono scatti meravigliosi!!
Complimenti Phil.
Ciao, Pat

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:28 pm said:
  
  Grazie Pat!
  
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mjculverphotography on February 21, 2015 at 5:22 pm said:

Gorgeous reflection.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:29 pm said:
  
  It does help make the birds look nice. 🙂
  
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Gunta on February 21, 2015 at 7:52 pm said:

Simply lovely reflections.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:30 pm said:
  
  Lucky they were fishing in calm water at that time. 🙂
  
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Lyle Krahn on February 21, 2015 at 8:58 pm said:

Cold comfort food – makes sense!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:31 pm said:
  
  Lately I have mostly been seeing them catching and eating tiny fish and shrimp. But hey, whatever works!
  
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Charlie@Seattle Trekker on February 22, 2015 at 4:05 am said:

The reflections in your images are truly amazing…

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:32 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much glad you enjoyed these.
  
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foxleylady on February 22, 2015 at 7:50 am said:

I just love your reflection pictures – so clear! Are you having colder than usual weather, Phil? From what I see on the news, America is really going through it at the moment!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:35 pm said:
  
  Wed., Thur., and Fri., we had what was for us record breaking cold. Bad news is our heating system is not built for real cold because it’s never supposed to be that cold here so we were even cold inside. Warmed up nicely today though and I had the motorcycle out. 🙂 Glad you liked these pics!
  
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The Lite Rider on February 22, 2015 at 11:38 am said:

And he’s calm, like the water. Lovely!

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:36 pm said:
  
  To see a snowy calm even for a little while is unusual. They are always scampering back and forth and all excited about something.
  
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anotherday2paradise on February 22, 2015 at 1:40 pm said:

Perfectly done, Phil. 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:37 pm said:
  
  Thank you Sylvia glad you enjoyed these!
  
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Raewyn's Photos on February 22, 2015 at 3:46 pm said:

Stunning captures. I just love the reflections.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 22, 2015 at 8:37 pm said:
  
  I appreciate that, thank you.
  
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donna213 on February 22, 2015 at 9:06 pm said:

You posted these images just for me, didn’t you Phil. My favorites, the Snowy and the Great. I do get the Great Egrets here but have a long wait to see them. Beautiful light and reflection in your wonderful captures.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 23, 2015 at 2:25 pm said:
  
  I knew you would enjoy seeing the always lovely (and lively) egrets Linda, and I’m happy I could present some photos of these birds for you!
  
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Birder's Journey on February 22, 2015 at 9:09 pm said:

JUST beautiful – such lovely reflections and feather details!! These are so special, especially because the water is so dark blue against these wonderfully white birds.

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- Phil Lanoue on February 23, 2015 at 2:27 pm said:
  
  That’s the real trick, trying to maintain detail in the white birds while hopefully keeping the background from going too dark. It works the best I think when the water shows up blue like this. Glad you liked them!
  
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