“Where Did You Come From?”

When this egret suddenly popped up right in front of me from the edge of the marsh and surprised me, I think we were both asking the same question!

13 thoughts on ““Where Did You Come From?””

Victor Rakmil on May 21, 2015 at 5:13 pm said:

Another amazing shot.

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- Phil Lanoue on May 22, 2015 at 12:15 pm said:
  
  Thanks a bunch!
  
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Gunta on May 21, 2015 at 6:14 pm said:

Yep… another amazing shot indeed.

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- Phil Lanoue on May 22, 2015 at 12:16 pm said:
  
  I appreciate it.
  
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Angela on May 21, 2015 at 8:04 pm said:

Beautiful bird.

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- Phil Lanoue on May 22, 2015 at 12:16 pm said:
  
  Although I sometimes tend to overlook the egrets, they are pretty birds.
  
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foxleylady on May 22, 2015 at 6:39 am said:

Love the colouring on his face!

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- Phil Lanoue on May 22, 2015 at 12:17 pm said:
  
  The green ‘lores’ around his eyes indicate breeding condition. Their feathers get fluffier too. 🙂
  
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Raewyn's Photos on May 22, 2015 at 5:54 pm said:

Good reflexes

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2015 at 9:47 am said:
  
  Thanks very much for looking and commenting.
  
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Steve Gingold on May 24, 2015 at 3:07 pm said:

Don’t you hate it when you have too much glass? Nice save on the blast off, Phil.

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- Phil Lanoue on May 25, 2015 at 9:49 am said:
  
  I often have that problem due to how close much of the wildlife can be and although I have a 70-200 zoom I mostly use a straight prime so I get what I get. This one as you surmised is a full frame of what I got, no cropping here. 🙂
  Normally I don’t like to clip wings but felt it worked ok enough here.
  
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  - Steve Gingold on May 25, 2015 at 10:05 am said:
    
    It’s hard to fly with clipped wings. It most definitely does work here. 🙂
    
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