Reddish Egret

[John Mack]

This image was created at Fort De Soto on 4/22/17 at 5:25PM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 800
f5.6
1/1000sec

[Juan Tolentino]

Good classic pose of this famous bird. On my monitor it looks like it needs more contrast and is not showing any detail on the bill. If mine I'd probably also remove the 3 bright spots on top of the bird. Thank you for sharing John.

[gail bisson]

This reddish egret must be the most photographed bird in Florida!

Agree with Juan's critique!
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

I third Juan's suggestions... other than that a lovely image. The background is wonderful with the distinct foreground, middleground, and background. Thank you for sharing, John.

[Bill Dix]

Always nice to see Big Red doing his thing. Wish I were there. Juan's observations are spot on.

[Arthur Morris]

Contrast looks fine to me. A 25% Linear Burn on the light tones of the bill would likely help. Well done classic pose. I love the light grey median underwing coverts.

with love, artie