Snowy egret w/repost

Super sharp and great composition for HH a BIF like this - the angle is what I like most.

Talk about standing out from the background, good job on handling such a difficult contrast shot, well done.

Ron,

I like the flight pose, nice eye contact, trailing feet and the comp you used. I like how well this shows the yellow lores and the "golden slippers".

Ron,
You killed this one. The background is delicious, the composition is just right, and the depth of field has everything but the bird blurred perfectly. Whites look pretty good which is always a problem with these guys. Great sharpness throughout the whole bird with even the wing tips being fairly sharp. My only nit is that it's not mine. Very well done Ron.

Thanks for the comment David. I was interested in seeing if anybody else really liked the BG, because, to me, it is the BG along with the middle ground and what FG there is, that takes this image a bit above ordinary.

Ron - I agree, the background is wonderful. Great use of DOF and I like your framing. My only nit is that I'd like to see a little more detail and less brightness on the head behind the eye - a tall order with a Snowy Egret I know but you've set such a high standard...

This is a real "Killer" shot Ron. Like you, I absolutely love the exposure used and captured detail.... of course the inflight captured pose does help. I agree and you should be very pleased with your work... I would blow it up really big and frame it.

I was about to say I feel there are some hot whites, so to be sure I brought your image into Photoshop to check levels. It's a good thing to do that IMHO and verify that the exposure is perfect in this instance Ron.

I really like the pose and certainly see why it's your favorite Snowy so far.

Akos, I always check the brightness of my images using a Threshold layer in PS. As you determined, the whites are not blown.

Ron D, I thought about bringing down those whites a bit, but I always struggle with doing that in my mind, because whites are supposed to be white and if they are brought down they tend toward grey and thus lessen the dynamics in the bird. So, I left the whites as shot here. Could easily get more detail out of them and I might try that to see how it looks.

As always thanks for the comments.

Ron, it's a great looking snowy. I love the light, and I agree that the BG and FG create a beautiful setting for the bird.

Love the light and the position; a fine image. Well done.

Here is a repost where I brought down the brightest whites just a bit. I know it is tough to tell from the small image, but there is more detail now and the adjustment does not seem to have caused too much greying of the feathers.

Ron, Thanks for the repost. And for the larger version of your repost that you sent me by email. In that larger version I can see some detail now and don't notice any graying. IMO, that version is a significant improvement.

For the record, I never did think or say that the whites were hot (as was mentioned elsewhere), just that some of them didn't show much detail. It's an excellent image Ron, especially with your "adjustment".

This is just wonderful Ron - the comp and the exposure are wonderful and that background is just fantastic. Super all the way around!

Nice flight shot Ron! Those whites are tough but you did well

Very nice, Ron. A sweet bg for this one.

A fine image Ron, the whites are well controlled. Great POV, comp, and details..
Think the whites may tend to look a bit bright in contrast to that dark BG, when they are not.
Well done

This is quite spectacular. Everything has been said, but I have to say that the BG is special.

Peter

Very nice. I love that multi-colored background.