smooth landing
Capture this snowy white egret landing on Venice beach, Florida to go fishing.At one time, the beautiful plumes of the Snowy Egret were in great demand by market hunters as decorations for women’s hats. This reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels.Now it is protected by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, this bird’s population has rebounded.
Canon 5D mark ll
canon 400mm
ISO 250
1/640 f 7.1 CP filter
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Robert Elliott
wonderful capture
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you Robert
IndraniGhose
Fantastic shot!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
Rajdev D
Brilliant shot Kathy, perfect.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
KSkinner
Great work and timing Kathy. Living in Louisiana I see them quite often in two of my favorite places to shoot!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, they are beautiful birds… I was watching the spotted eagles rays when I saw this bird getting ready to land in front of me.
JonRussell
Beautiful capture!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Isa Rodriguez
awesome!!!!!!! truly beautiful .. great timing kathy
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks, I just sit there and wait for them .lol
rasnidreamer
Fabulous capyure, and I really appreciate your knowledge on the plight of the Egret. They are such majestic birds (prettier than any hat I’ve ever seen!!lol) They are also my favorites of the “water birds”
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much Sue, by far prettier than any hat could be. They are so funny to watch as the check the surf for bait fish.
Cora Wandel
Incredible as always, Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you cora
Roseann
Whoa! Great capture. Fantastic timing on that.
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, I just sit there and wait for them to come by me on the beach
Kim McClain
Fantastic shot, capture, color, detail, and description! Marvelous!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much Kim
fatdade
what a great shot!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank so much
Elaine Teague
Snother terrific bird shot Kathy. That Florida Beach must be a photographer’s delight.
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, it really is, however because of all the tourist and snow birds that come here you need to know where to go and when to go, and then you sit there and wait for them to come by you
Aleksander
superb timing Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
Martina Fagan
Perfect a superb shot brill timing :))
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much tina
CynLynn
Oh My! Love the black slacks and yellow shoes! beautiful capture Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, aren’t there legs cool
Jonice
Awesome action shot Kathy. You caught him just at the right time!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
shadyuk
Gorgeous Capture !
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Béla Török
Great capture, my friend!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you bela
PrairieRose
WOW Kathy!
This is such a beautiful shot!!! AWESOME job….............. :))))
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Shaun Whiteman
A great moment captured Kathy, lovely work!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you shaun
Virginia N. Fred
Awesome, wow nice landing, and some interesting facts, I ddint know, now wheres my pen and paper lol, well done girl…gina
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much….lol get the pen and paper out
Michael Wolf
Excellent in-flight shot!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
luanda
SUPERB! EXCELENT! great timng shot! Instant fav! Daniela
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
JuliaWright
Very beautiful capture!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
Rick & Deb Larson
A BEAUTIFUL capture!! Take Care ~ Rick & Deb ~ :)
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
linifer
Brilliant shot Kathy!!! Your birdies amaze me every time :))
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much,we do have beautiful birds here
A.M. Ruttle
Fabulous; you should definitely add “best viewed large”!!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, I know I should of added that.. I forgot
Karen Checca
LOVE it, Kathy! Wonderful stop action capture of this beautiful bird! Excellent! :)Karen
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much karen
HOWARD S. TAYLOR
NICE SHOT KATHY.
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks alot howard
annalisa56
Fantastic shot Kathy !!!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
Rosalie Scanlon
Wow Kathy, excellent shot. Great action.
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, I sit on the beach and wait for them to show up
Rainy
Beautiful capture Kathy!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
Scott d'Almeida
excellent
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks alot scott
Gili Orr
Lovely, Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
suefel48
Superb capture, kathy!!!... :-))
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Tainia Finlay
Remarkable and beautiful capture Kathy
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
Paul Thompson ...
Another great capture Kathy, you are getting a bit too good at this
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much paul, I sit on the beach and wait for them to land near me
shellbee
very very nice shot, great capture
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks alot shelby
Meeli Sonn
Excellent capture Kathy. I love it.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
elfie
Wonderful capture….
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
Svetlana Sewell
Excellent !
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Carol Barona
Fantastic Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you carol
Delany Dean
Oh, how marvelous! What a great shot, wonderful light, color, dof… everything!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Trudi's Images
Wowee !! great stop on this one Kathy well done ,a fav for sure :-))
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much trudi
rodsfotos
You froze the motion perfectly Kathy just at that point of landing, a pin sharp image and so very well done,
Regards, Rod.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you rod
PhotoAvenue
superb image…perfect timing!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Gouzelka
Very nice catch Kathy, great image!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
KatsEye
Awesome timing. Very lovely work.
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
Lisawv
Fantastic capture and perfect timing. Well done.
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
JennyDean
wonderful capture kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
PPPhotoArt
wow gorgeous capture Kathy!!! what awesome timing
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
BettinaSchwarz
this is wonderful!! Love the focus, love the white and blue … this just feels really good :)
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Ken McElroy
Congratulations!
You are among those to appear on the first feature page for the new group;
“300+ Go Long!”:http://www.redbubble.com/groups/300-go-long
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Ken, I am very honored.
Larry Grayam
Congratulations on your creativity!!!

kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much larry, I am honored
Steve Buffington
Great capture Kath. I like how you kept the foreground. Excellent shot.—steve
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much steve
Judith Hayes
Beautiful shot! Love the composition…congrats!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
BobJohnson
For you Kathy, a well deserved Congratulations !!!
Extraordinary work.
Bob
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much Bob
Anne-Marie Bok...
Great action shot Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
CarolM
Good timing, Kathy. He’s a beauty. Very good image
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
PJS15204
great detail excellent dof perfect attention is drawn toward your subject which is in perfect form for its landing excellent work!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
helmutk
Very nice capture !
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
ShotsOfLove
Fantastic capture of this landing Kathy. Great yellow feet :- )
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
ldeiter78
Awesome action shot!!! Great capture!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Trish Woodford
Fantastic timing Kathy, he looks like he is about to click his heels together (I don’t think they have heels but thats ok lol :))
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, now that would of been something to see. lol
KarenKSmith
OUTSTANDING IMAGE KATHY!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much karen
Melinda Gaal
Fantastic shot! Great timing.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
SharonAHenson
Wonderful capture !
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Rebecca Cozart
What a great shot! I lived in West Palm Beach for seven years before moving back home to Oregon. Was not particularly fond of FL (4 hurricanes too!), but did love the sandhill cranes, egrets and herons.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much. I have live here in Florida since 91, and have seen my share of hurricanes… but I take the bad with the good… but then again I am one of those crazy people who are trying to get shots of the hurricane. lol
rodeorose
W-O-W. That’s all.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
helenclarke
Fantastic shot – really cool.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
mompaq
Excellent!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Glenda Remaklus
Excellent capture Kathy! Great landing! “-)
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Ginny Schmidt
I love the black legs and yellow feet.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much, they are cool birds
Alex Gardiner
I love herons particularly the whites. True elegance personified.Thanks for sharing this moment, it’s most appreciated.
Alex
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much, they are beautiful birds with so much grace
Amy Francen 11 days ago
Love this one! Great shot!
kathy s gillen... replied 11 days ago
thank you very much