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Photographing Wildlife

Great Egret taking off over the lake. If you're into photography you know that practice is imperative if you want to improve your photos. With that being said, I don't practice enough in my opinion.  However, today I was able to get out and practice a bit.

There are many types of photography, I personally enjoy doing street, portraits and sports photography.  I also enjoy wildlife photography a lot, but its something I don't get shoot very often.  I was out and about running some errands today and as I was entering my sub division; I noticed a gator sun bathing at this small lake by my house.  As soon as I got home I grabbed my camera and headed back. I wanted to get a good shot of the gator, however the gator was not there when I got back.  Instead there were plenty of birds hanging out and I decided to take some shots of them. Below are a few shots that I like.

All shots were taken with a Canon 7D Mark II and a Tamron SP 70-200 mm Di VC USD. I never set my ISO to AUTO, but it was actually convenient.  I'll have to keep trying that as well. Any tips on how I could improve these shots would be greatly appreciated. Click on the images to enlarge them.

Gliding Great Egret

Great Egret

Little Blue Heron

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