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The White Dame


The White Dame
Photo Information
Copyright: Genevieve Tanguay (Gargouille) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 48 W: 5 N: 29] (157)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-02-28
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon Eos 300D Digital Rebel, Canon EF 75-300mm USM III
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Final Version, Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-03-02 23:22
Viewed: 1237
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Found this Great egret on the shore. It was being pursued by a Great blue heron. The interactions were puzzling...

Here is a description of the bird I found on the Bird Guide of Cornell U.

A large white heron, the Great Egret is found across much of the world, from southern Canada southward to Argentina, and in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. It's the largest egret in the Old World, and thus has garnered the name Great White Egret. But in the Americas, the white form of the Great Blue Heron is larger and warrants that name. In the United States, the Great Egret used to be called the American Egret but that was hardly appropriate, since the species range extends beyond America and indeed farther than other herons.

Description
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Large, all white heron.
Long, black legs and feet.
Yellow bill is long, stout, and straight.
Flies with neck pulled back in S-curve.

Size: 94-104 cm (37-41 in)
Wingspan: 131-145 cm (52-57 in)
Weight: 1000 g (35.3 ounces)

I re-posted this picture because in the first one I unwisely used the USM. Thanks to Livios note and the reference to Gert and Gerhardt's use of USM, I have now been able to breing neetness to my picture without the noise.
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I think this is possibly the same bird we sometimes see here in New Zealand, although it is much rarer than the White Faced Heron. Isn't she elegant?
Thanks for posting.

There certainly is an aristocratic air to this fine female. Good capture and composition. TFS

IMO light on the first post was better, I tried a WS.
Well done.
TFS.

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 478 W: 0 N: 872] (2752)
  • [2006-03-06 21:22]

Hi Genevieve.
I like this photo,nice pose heron and the sea, and good composition.

I wait more photos, tips, comment and critique of you.

Saludos desde MEXICO...RICARDO.

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