# Bring home breakfast

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bring-home-breakfast/19592>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [January 30, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bring-home-breakfast/19592 "2021-01-30T16:32:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bring-home-breakfast/19592/1 "2021-01-30T16:32:48Z")

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![Bring home breakfast](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/2/5/257c0c49a26c2e46ecd2b384176b2b36a5ba3800.jpeg)

All summer, I have watched Egrets feeding along the Back River, but this the first time one that flew by me carrying a fish home. The photo was taken on Sept. 7 at 7:48 AM. hand held from the Zodiac.  
Thank you for stopping by.  
Peter

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### Technical Details

Is this a composite: No  
Canon 7Dll, Sigma 150-600mm, F7.1, 500mm, 1/6400, -1.3EV, ISO 400. The shot is cropped by 40% into a 16 by 9. In DxO PhotoLab 4, I reduce the highlights, added a little blue to the sky and sharped the beak and eye.

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**Author:** ![EMF](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/emf/32/64283_2.png) [@EMF](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/EMF)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bring-home-breakfast/19592/2 "2021-01-30T17:36:11Z")

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I like it a lot: I like action shots and I have never caught an egret flying away with a fish.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bring-home-breakfast/19592/3 "2021-01-30T21:06:57Z")

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Lovely light Peter and a good pose from the Egret. Neat to see it with a fish. The Egret does look just a tiny bit soft.

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**Author:** ![David\_Leroy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@David\_Leroy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Leroy)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bring-home-breakfast/19592/4 "2021-01-31T16:19:52Z")

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Interesting behavior for a the egret to be flying with a fish in September. I would not expect any young ones to feed.  
Very nice flying photo of the egret. Both wings down and flying by at a nice angle to you. If you have room I might have the egret just a bit more to the left in the frame. I like the pano crop.

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**Author:** ![Jim\_Zablotny](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_zablotny/32/3919_2.png) [@Jim\_Zablotny](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_Zablotny)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bring-home-breakfast/19592/5 "2021-01-31T18:25:18Z")

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Hi Peter,

The head is a touch soft, but it is nice to catch an egret with a fish. I like the wing position and the simplicity of the composition…Jim