A GREAT EGRET MAKES A SPLASH…
I’m quite a fan of bird action sequences. Top quality ones, I mean, not the rubbishy ones that I have tried to accomplish with either (a) a camera I understand but is not sophisticated enough for such use; or (b) a more serious camera that I never got the hang of, was secretly a bit ‘overawed by’ (= scared of), and which met a watery end when I was photographing sanderlings on the beach while standing in the sea…
Among the photographers who kindly let me use their images from time to time are a couple who are especially adept with sequential shots. One is Danny Sauvageau, a Floridian who combines great bird photography with a tireless capacity for tracking down banded birds at migration time. Here is his Great Egret catching breakfast.
Credits: All fantastic photos by Danny Sauvageau, with thanks as ever for use permission; cartoon, the very excellent Birdorable
ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO 
Wow, RH, these are some of the most exquisite egret photos ever. The water droplets and moving water, the egret’s postures and movements, and the blue background and reflections. Thanks for sharing Danny Sauvageau’s artistry.
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Cool huh?! It helps having a bright light, but Danny take photos of this clarity too often to be luck (as, in my case, it extremely rarely is, when it all comes together almost by mistake!). RH
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These are seriously beautiful and detailed. I love the way that the water textures have been captured too.
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