Cattle Egret... Breeding Plumage And Color

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at the rookery in the alligator breeding pond in Gatorland, Orlando, Florida. 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
1/2000 F/6.3 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 900 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2018 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Looks fancy. The Pose and light are nice and that green background is great. Nice detail.

[David Cowling]

Great detail and lovely colours. I like the way that the bid stands out from the lovely green background. A great looking bird very well captured.

[Arthur Morris]

PMP = pretty much perfect. Some might quibble about a bit of BLUE in some of the WHITEs but not me. Killer bird, framing, and BKGR.

with love, artie

[annmpacheco]

Hi Joe, so well done, you nailed it, exposure, IQ, lovely BG too.