Angelic Cattle Egret

[Shawn Marques]

I am aware that the feet and legs have soft focus. (sigh) Thanks for stopping by.

OOPS, I may have over-sharpened a bit here!

Canon EF 600mm f//4L IS USM with Canon 40D and Speedlite
1/6400 s @ f/8, ISO 800
Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, Wimberley head
Taken in near mid-morning

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Shawn,
I like your close up pose the feet are great. Yes, it is perhaps a little soft. also some of your whites are a wee bit hot...Over all, nice capture...:D

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice pose and light, exposure looks good, too. I would give it a bit more room.

[Alfred Forns]

What a pose Shawn !! Don't think I've seen one like it !!! Neat !!!

[Fabs Forns]

This is a riot, it really looks like an angelic ornament. I'd probably add more room all around.

[Dave Phillips]

I too have never seen this pose...good capture Shawn.
The eyes are saying something, but not sure what!!

[Maxis Gamez]

Hey Shawn,

The feet are soft...... :) joking man... they don't bother me one bit. This is a very interesting pose. Looks like an angel. Did you use fill flash??

[James Shadle]

Shawn,
I love the pose and the title says it all.

The "soft feet" do not bother me and the "over-sharpened" face is real easy to fix.

I live symmetry, so I prefer the Egret to be perfectly in the middle, with more room on top.

Large in the frame verts, I will stick them right in the middle. Very in your face compositions.

James

[Lance Peters]

Great pose - title really does say it all - Congrats.

lance

[Rosl Roessner]

Great pose!
Don't mind about the soft feet; they are really special!

[Shawn Marques]

Thank you everybody! I am surprised to see that many of you don't mind the soft feet.

Fabs, Axel and James, I have extra room so I will re-crop with extra space and place the egret in the center because of the symmetry.

Maxis, yes I did use fill flash.

Gus and James, I think I just rushed on this one with the sharpening. But a question- the whites look better before the image is downsized for the web. Some of the whites seem to spill over to the brighter side after the image is prepared and sharpened for the web. It happens often. Do you experience this? It seems that I must adjust the image darker just before re-sizing to avoid this.

[Wally Nussbaumer]

Excellent pose, nice sharp eye contact. Some of the whites seem a tad hot, but that I will blame of the downsizing. (for now!) Good backdrop.

[Shawn Marques]

Excellent pose, nice sharp eye contact. Some of the whites seem a tad hot, but that I will blame of the downsizing. (for now!) Good backdrop.


Thanks, Wally! A correction shall be made pronto. ;)

[Shawn Marques]

Is this re-submission better? Thank you for your input. :)

[James Shadle]

Sweet!
IMO it could still use a little more room at the top.
Thanks James