What a difference a background can make.

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I photographed this Egret flying across the march in the back of Rocky Neck State Park, on March 29 at 7:22 AM. In the ten or so frames I shot , these three, frames showed how different background change to look of the photograph. Thank you for stopping by.
Peter

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Z8, Nikon 180-600mm & 1.4ext, f9, 840mm, 1/1600, ISO 5,000, and cropped by50% in DXO PhotoLab 8. I also used two control points to bring bring out the green and yellow on the head and beak.

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Peter, you’re getting consistently great images with the new camera and lens! This is an excellent example of different BG’s, so you must have the eye-tracking set perfectly. Nice poses from all here.
Nice work!

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Sure does make a difference, Peter, though I find myself liking all three with a slight preference for the first.

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All nice flight shots Peter. Nice to have the bird in each image parallel to us and not angled away. Backgrounds sure make a difference. Nice series.

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Hi Peter,

Backgrounds are almost as important as the subject. The little bit of OOF vegetation in the first image provides some context and I tend to like white birds with a high key BG. Looks like you are getting along just fine with your Z8. …Jim

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A great set of images, Peter! It’s interesting seeing all the different backgrounds. Number one is my favourite. I love the almost black and white with the face the only colour.

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Hi Sandy, Dennis, Allen, Jim & Glenys
Than you for the comments. I posted the photographs in the order of my preference, not the shoots order, the first frame is #2, the second frame is #1 and the third frame is #3.
Peter

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Well, I liked your order of preference, Peter.

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Hi Dennis
Thank you for the comment.
Peter