Snowy Egret in full breeding plumage, St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery. Intimate portrait via P&S camera behind the eyepiece of the ZEISS DiaScope spotting scope for an equivalent field of view of about 1000mm.

And even closer, this one with the Nikon Coolpix p500 at about 500mm with a much closer bird (and in more challenging light).

Pulled back to 240mm for the full effect of the displaying bird.

And just a final, interesting take on the breeding plumage. The fact that it was taken at 300mm equivalent is testimony to just how close to the birds you can get at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery.

1) Canon SD4000IS behind the 20-75x eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 85FL. Equivalent field of veiw as above at about 1000mm. 1/250th @ ISO 125. f2.8 effective.

2) Nikon Coolpix P500 at 466mm equivalent, f5.7 @ 1/1250th @ ISO 160. 3) 240mm equivalent, f8 @ 1/800th @ ISO 160, 4) 300mm, f5.4 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 160.

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness.

And one more, just for fun.