A few of my favorites

I was at Gatorland last weekend but when I came home to download, my harddrive was nearly full. So, I spent the week burning files to CD to open up some space. Finally got a chance to play around with some of the files from last weekend and here are a few of my favorite flight shots.

I must add that these hold special value to me as within 5 minutes of being at Gatorland, I was crapped on by some mean bird. Side of the head, shoulders and down the front of my shirt! Made for a lovely day!  

Anyway, here's a snowy:


And a tricolored heron:


And an egret:

 

Thanks guys!

Philippe, I've been noticing that my "keeper" rate is getting better with these flying bird shots. I've been trying to use a smaller aperture so more is in focus but need to wait till the rain stops here!  

Thanks for looking and yeah, the bird poop was kinda worth it, aside from suffering through the wafting odor.  

 

Hi Steve, no the bird is actually all white. The background is a huge bank of clouds that were rolling in for our afternoon showers. It was still sunny at that point so what you're seeing is the shadow from the wing.  

 

You're right, Gordon, people did keep their distance that day. I may have to invest in fake stuff for those days when you can't get a shot it because of all the tourists.

Thanks, I have so many funny ones to choose from that I guess I'll just cycle through them.

Thanks for stopping by and looking!

 

Hey James AKA Jim, thanks for commenting. I think I'll be trying to dig out a hat for my jaunt today.  

Hi Keith, when I was going through these shots, I was really partial to #1. For some odd reason it makes me think of Christmas, like a snow scene with the grey sky and pine trees (except for the bird). Thanks for the comments on the matting/framing. I usually don't like to use colored mats but in some cases it works.

I forgot to mention in the original post that these were taken with the 300/f4 AFS with the Tamron 1.4x handheld. I'm really happy with the image quality of that combo.