Close Up

f/5.6 – 1/800 – ISO 400 – 300mm

Never put your camera away  even after you think there is nothing left to shoot.

One day, on the way back home I saw a group of Cattle Egret, and decided to come back the next day to try and take thier picture. I failed miserably. I could not get close enough and my 300mm lens is not long enough. My best attempt could be seen here. As you can see, it is cropped a lot, and  the noise reduction proccess has completely removed the feathers.I finally said enough.  On the way back to the car I kept the camera on me in the hope that there might be somthing more to photograph. I got lacky. A beautiful butterfly landed next to me and spread its wings to warm.

As always, I would love your comments, suggestions and most of all criticism about either or both the original and the processed photographs. I take every comment I get to heart and try to learn from it. Feel free to contact me by commenting to this blog, email or private message in one of the social media site.