Ardea alba III (Great Egret)

Ardea alba III (Great Egret)

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"When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be -- I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought or grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free." Wendell Berry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ardea alba (Family: Ardeidae; common name: Common name: Great White Egret, Common Egret, Great White Heron)

This is in fact the subspecies Ardea alba alba, the European representative of the species. It is the second largest egret (the largest being Ardea cinerea – the Grey heron). The photos were taken in Strophylia natural reserve, West Peloponnese, Greece.

Photos by Mahi Goula and George Parchas.

Shooting Data:

1. Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikkor AF 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/800 sec - f/8, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized.

2. Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikkor AF 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1000 sec - f/8, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

3. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mmf/4.5-5.6L USM IS @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/2000 sec - f/7.1, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

4. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mmf/4.5-5.6L USM IS @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/2000 sec - f/7.1, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

5. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mmf/4.5-5.6L USM IS @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1000 sec - f/7.1, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

6. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mmf/4.5-5.6L USM IS @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1000 sec - f/7.1, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

7. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mmf/4.5-5.6L USM IS @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1000 sec - f/7.1, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

8. Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mmf/4.5-5.6L USM IS @ 400mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/1000 sec - f/6.3, Manual mode
Flash: No flash
Image: RAW edited in Photoshop CS4, levels adjusted, sharpening added saved as JPEG and resized. 

 

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