Snowy Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted May 16, 20163,667 views8 comments

Although it appears this Snowy Egret is calling I think it is just yawning. No sound came out. I was able to get several images of this Egret, this one is a favorite. Taken in nice late evening Florida light. It is FF top to bottom cropped from a horizontal. Noise reduction applied to the bg only. I always wonder if I've gotten the whites right. I would appreciate any thoughts.

Thanks for looking.
Large image provided for detail.
Canon 70D
Canon 400mm 5.6
1/1600
f/7.1
Aperture Priority
ISO 800
HH
Processed RAW image with Lightroom 5.7, CS5

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on May 16, 2016 at 9:01 PM

Beautiful image, Steve.
I like the bird pose on this. The BG is nice as well.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 16, 2016 at 9:27 PM

Hi Steve,

The whites look pretty good on my monitor--there's a little bit of warmth to the whites due to the sunset light conditions. Pose and sharpness look good as well.....................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 17, 2016 at 7:24 AM

A very nice yawning pose in sweet light you captured Steve! I might try to selectively brighten the egret just a bit to see what it looks like.

Very nice details! Love those feet!

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 17, 2016 at 4:00 PM

Interesting pose, Steve. Wouldn't have guessed it was yawn if you hadn't mentioned it. The whites look good.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by David Bogener on May 17, 2016 at 4:56 PM

Unique pose in some nice light. He gave you just enough of a head turn to make this work. Well done.

Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 17, 2016 at 10:45 PM

The whites look good to me, Steve, and I love the pose. Nice work.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on May 18, 2016 at 2:45 PM

Very nice to be able to get warm lighting and nice definition the same time. Terrific pose and composition. A very nice image overall.

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 19, 2016 at 9:14 PM

Great pose. Excellent capture.
May

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