Today, along with my camera club, I visited Kiwanis Lake around 8:00am. At this time of the year, Egrets local to this area are making their nests and getting ready to get greasy and make babies. The males display a beautiful bright green color around their eyes which turns yellow after they’re done having themselves a time with females.
I brought two pieces of gear with me today- My Nikon D850 and my Nikon Nikkor 200-500mm lens. I left my teleconverter at home as I didn’t think I needed it and my thought process was mostly right. It was tough enough to track at 500mm let alone adding the extra length and calculating the extra math. I’m happy with the decision I made as it was simple and allowed me to focus solely on photographing the birds nesting as well as them in flight without using too much brain power.
-Mike
