Cattle Egret... prime breeding plumage and colors

Joseph Przybyla · Jun 4, 2019

NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
ƒ/8
400mm
1/1600s
ISO 1600
Fri, 19 April 2019 7:38 AM
Copyright 2017 © Joseph J. Przybyla
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.3.1 (Windows)

I captured this image earlier this year at the rookery in Gatorland. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1600 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

kevin Hice · Jun 4, 2019

Fantastic Joe. Beautiful job all the way around. I love the colors and the light. I also like the way the eye is focused downward rather than right at us. TFS

Moe Richard · Jun 4, 2019

Excellent portrait with superb detail, light, and color.

John Mack · Jun 4, 2019

Very nice. That is one fancy looking cattle egret. The breeding colors are great. Nice pose,compisition,details and background. Well done.

David Roach · Jun 4, 2019

Another Joe classic with perfect EXP on those whites... Thanks for your suggestions on the green heron. Very appreciated coming from the bird whisperer himself. TFS

dankearl · Jun 4, 2019

This is really nice... Great head angle, goofy eyeballs and nice BG.

Tim Foltz · Jun 4, 2019

Joe, great colors, HA, alert pose, details and BG.

-Tim

Krishna Prasad kotti · Jun 4, 2019

Very Nicely done. Love the colors on the bird as well as background colors...

TFS

Joseph Przybyla · Jun 5, 2019

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

Mike Poole · Jun 5, 2019

More good work Joe, you've handled with sun angle well with no blown areas, and the angle has meant the face is nicely lit

Mike

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