Cattle Egret in Flight.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in the last week of Nov, 2015.

Basic editing. Cropped for composition. Few green OOF patches behind the Egret were removed. BG is shadow.

ISO: 400, 1/1250 @5.6. Spot metering. Manual settings.
Canon 550D 100-400 mm.

Thanks for viewing, critiques and comments,
Kind Regards,
Satish.

[gail bisson]

I am on my laptop so critique may not be "up to snuff"!
Whites look excellent and I always enjoy black BG's. Adds lots of drama to the image.
Really like how the light has lit up the feet. Nice wing position.
Since you have already cloned out some BG branches I would go ahead and remove all of them!
Gail

[William Dickson]

Beautiful frame. Love the whites of the bird against that dark BG. I don't mind the branches Satish, they add to the BG.

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

I agree leave the branches, it looks natural, a really nice shot excellent exposure, lovely detail.

[David Cowling]

Excellent exposure. The bird stands out well against the dark BG. Lovely full downstroke wing position. I think I might prefer it without the foliage, but no big deal. Great image Satish.

[Bill Dix]

A beauty of a shot, Satish. Great detail on the bird, which really rocks against the lovely dark bg. Wonderful light. Stunning with or without the foliage.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you every body for your feed back and kind compliments.
I will post the image without foliage.

Regards,
Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

The dark background goes well with this bird, makes it pop. Nice details, perfect exposure and pose, Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, excellent exposure on the whites, and you managed a great flight pose too. Before reading Gail's comment, I too, would remove the branches in the URC. :w3

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you Karl and Stuart Sir for your feed back and kind comments. Here is the repost without greens in the BG.
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Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yes a nice repost but I still reckon it looks stark compared to the original:w3