Cattle Egret... prime breeding plumage and colors

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image earlier this year at the rookery in Gatorland. 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
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1600 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[kevin Hice]

Fantastic Joe. Beautiful job all the way around. I love the colors and the light. I also like the way the eye is focused downward rather than right at us. TFS

[Moe Richard]

Excellent portrait with superb detail, light, and color.

[John Mack]

Very nice. That is one fancy looking cattle egret. The breeding colors are great. Nice pose,compisition,details and background. Well done.

[David Roach]

Another Joe classic with perfect EXP on those whites... Thanks for your suggestions on the green heron. Very appreciated coming from the bird whisperer himself. TFS

[dankearl]

This is really nice... Great head angle, goofy eyeballs and nice BG.

[Tim Foltz]

Joe, great colors, HA, alert pose, details and BG.

-Tim

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very Nicely done. Love the colors on the bird as well as background colors...

TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

[Mike Poole]

More good work Joe, you've handled with sun angle well with no blown areas, and the angle has meant the face is nicely lit

Mike