Great Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted April 1, 2012215 views13 comments

Canon EOS 7D
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
3/30/2012 – 5:31:47 PM
1/2000 sec
Manual
f/5.6
ISO 400
Handheld with arms on posts
Rookery at St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Raw, LR3, CS5, full frame

Whites on top of back aren't blown, but I don't know whether you can tell that at these sizes; again, I tried to bring out detail but didn't want to go into gray.

Comments, opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on April 1, 2012 at 8:47 AM

Barbara,
IMHO this is a fine portrait. To me the whites are not blown, you have good detail and color as well as sharpness. Also, I do like the BG, not black, but with enough detail to give a hint of the environment. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on April 1, 2012 at 8:52 AM

Wonderful comp Barbara. Wish for a slight head turn towards eye contact. Love the breeding colors.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on April 1, 2012 at 9:32 AM

Barbra~Good feather detail on one of my favorites birds.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on April 1, 2012 at 9:45 AM

Nice pose, I like the reeds just visible in the background, very nice image.

Ray

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 1, 2012 at 11:19 AM

Nice portrait! I like the proud pose along with a nice clean bg. Nice exposure with good detail in your whites.
Sharon

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on April 1, 2012 at 12:38 PM

Great portrait Barbara! The exposure and the dark but hint of environment BG really makes this image for me. Of course the Egret in breeding colors helps. You have improve so very quickly.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 1, 2012 at 12:54 PM

Very nice. Exposure looks good; detail is excellent.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 1, 2012 at 2:44 PM

Beautiful, Barbara. Excellent exposure and detail and I love the shadow of the stray feather.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on April 1, 2012 at 4:31 PM

Nice color and comp, especially the eye.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 2, 2012 at 2:52 AM

Nice dynamic pose. Exposure looks great to me.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 2, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Wonderful contrast and nice close up composition. I like the nice subtle details in the white feathers and you have just enough patterns in the background to add the extra touch to the image, excellent full frame shot Barbara, one of your best.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 2, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Very nice display of the green lores, Barbara. Great job on the exposure. Very, very nice feather detail. Great job.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on April 5, 2012 at 5:08 AM

Nice pose and excellent composition.

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