Hoping into Light

[Jay Ing]

Egret late in the day at a favorite spot near my home.
D500-Sigma 500/4, 3200, 4.5, HH

[gail bisson]

I like the pose and it is kind of neat how this white bird looks pink because of the light.
The head is sharp but not tack sharp- critical focus looks like it was on the near wing. At f 4.5 it is hard to get good DOF throughout a large bird like this.
With long necked birds I always try to stay at or above 7.1,
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

I echo Gail's comments. Thank you for sharing, Jay.

[Jay Ing]

Thanks for the comments Gail. I'll try stopping down a bit. I'm so used to thinking about shooting wide open I don't consider the full DOF issues at hand I think.