Great Egret, playing with prey

[MiroslavMaric]

5DIII, 600 IS II, 1.4 TC III, tripod, -1/3 EV, 1/4000s, f/6.3, ISO400, natural light,
PP: WB adjustment, NR of BG,
Full photo size: 4927 x 3248 pixels,
Location: a pond near Zagreb, Nov. 2014.

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The harsh light reflection from dark surface of the water makes me a trouble to make WB. I did WB adjustment based on white feather. Guess not enough......

Thanks for viewing and comments.

Cheers,
Miro

[christopher galeski]

nice image,love the pose,the fishes head facing right way a bonus,good detail in the feathers,for me,I would like a bit more room on the left.nice low POV.

[keith mitchell]

Fish catching action spot on, really like the way the water merges in with the bg,very nice indeed.

Keith.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Miro, that exposure and WB is tought but I think you nailed them both. Big fan of the low perspective for this one.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent pose,exposure and detail.love the light.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Miro,
whites and exp. look pretty good to me. I would put more space on the left but crop tighter on the right side. There is too much empty space in front of the bird

re, WB/color correction checkout this article on my blog, it will help you with WB correction

http://arihazeghiphotography.com/blog/color-correction-for-avian-photography/

[Alan Murphy]

The low angle and fish makes this one for me. A great image.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent image, the fish is a great bonus.

[MiroslavMaric]

Thanks to everyone!



checkout this article on my blog, it will help you with WB correction

http://arihazeghiphotography.com/blog/color-correction-for-avian-photography/

Thanks Aarsh for the useful link, yes I almost used the same procedure.

Concerning crop I agree with Christoper and Arash , so below is second version:

http://s21.postimg.org/byve7ms0n/f5_4969_n2a.jpg

Cheers,
Miro

[Grant Yang]

White balance looks ok to me. Good capture of the fish toss. It looks like the image could use a little counter clockwise rotation.

[David Salem]

Nice looking frame. Like the exposure and the details in this and the fish toss takes this up a notch for me. Nice low angle too. Well done Miro

[MiroslavMaric]

It looks like the image could use a little counter clockwise rotation.

Thanks, yes you are right.

Cheers,
Miro

[Mike Poole]

An excellent shot, with great techs and timing. I prefer the 2nd version