During a recent visit to Brazos Bend SP we encountered this Snowy Egret fishing and decided to take a few shots. For the first several minutes with the bird I just couldn’t find an angle that I thought was very interesting and I got the strong urge to walk on and find another subject. However, I decided to keep after it a little longer and try a few more angles, eventually arriving at this.
Just as I started liking what I was seeing, some young people walked up and asked what I was taking a picture of. No sooner had they asked, the egret lifted off and flew into the distance. That’s photography in a public place. It was also an opportunity to point out a beautiful bird and show some curious onlookers the result of my experience efforts.
It would have been fun to explore this scene more but even my limited time did yield a result that I thought was interesting.

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