Great Egret

Fishing for minnows in one of the canals at Ridgefield. There were two of them working a canal along the main road early in the afternoon, so some pretty harsh light, though our latitude keeps it down to a tolerable level this time of year. I brought down the highlights a bit to bring out texture in the plumage and added a little warmth with the color temperature in ACR. This bird was close enough that I ended up grabbing the 5Diii with a 70-200 lens in order to get the reflection in when it changed poses. I might have been able to get away with the 300, but it was on another body with a crop factor, and I didn't think of swapping them.

5Diii, 70-200mm f4 ISL@200, Hand held braced on bean bag in truck window, f7.1, 1/3200, iso400, Av mode, -1/1/3 stop compensation for the bright white bird. Processed in ACR and CS6 (Haven't gotten all the processing down in LR yet). Cropped to 10.4MP and removed a couple of oof foreground grass stems that were unduly distracting. Taken February 1st at 12:57 pm, Ridgefield NWR.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,