Cattle Egret

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image during a drive along Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive in Apopka, Florida. The day was overcast, a little dark but all in all good conditions for photography without having to worry about light angles. 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
1/640 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 220 AWB, image captured from inside vehicle
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Like the composition and the perch. The image looks a little dark to me.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a neat perch this fella chose! This pose and perch was screaming vertical comp, glad you went for it. Some hot whites on the back, and I do wish the crevice along the left of the perch was not there as it gives the illusion of a much extended toe. I agree with you about cloudy conditions being good :-)

[Joseph Przybyla]

John and Dan, thank you for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated. Here is a repost with the hot areas on the back fixed.

[Mike Poole]

Love the repost Joe. The original is a lovely frame, but the little extra TLC was well worth it. Loads of detail, eye level POV, great subject, whats not to like?

Mike