Great Egret (Ardea alba) on Morro Strand State Beach, CA

This is a somewhat manipulated version of my Great Egret photo posted at flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/501821581/ - Great Egret (Ardea alba), Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, CA 16may2007 - Canon 20D 100-400mm IS handheld - photo by Mike Baird bairdphotos.com - this "manipulation" was attempted because the horizon was not perfectly level in the original, and straightening the image would have clipped a bit of the top wing of the Great Egret... by comparing each image you can see where I have cloned pieces of the sky, water, and tips of the top wing and tips of the feet to complete the composition. Comments welcome... Mike Baird mike at mikebaird dot com

05 June 2008 Creative Commons usage note: Hi Mike, My name is Kenneth Jonsson. I want to thank you so much and inform you about a music video I have made. Two of your (fantastic) images are in it. flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2181766735/ flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/507188808/ The Willet pic mainly and the Egret pic as a shadow. Youtube clip here www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SrelA7kD3A and better resolution clip for download here www.adrive.com/public/433532addb6fa5c060520b8ac342302c770...
Once again, Thanks. It's such a pleasure to work with this truly amazing material. best regards. Kenneth

09 June 2008 usage note: This image is one of six of mine that were used in a video under the Creative Commons Attribution License by artist Kenneth Jonsson www.flickr.com/photos/24671917@N04/ , kenny_is [at} yahoo d o t com youtube.com/user/fadernsonen at youtube.com/watch?v=Zl4oHzEgq1U and (high-res) adrive.com/public/9d069ed4500c879c86d4d035d682d38764a3efc...
The six images used are:
flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/507188808
flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/324317766
flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/501782892
flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/501819857
flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2328444918
flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/666135766

also used at www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GyqLnxd9TU&sdig=1

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