Reddish Egret

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at a stop along Blackpoint Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, Handheld
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 2200 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good pose, and the overall bright overcast lighting looks good to me. Lots of noise under the wing and on the flanks - did you need to lift the shadows there?

[Kurt Bowman]

Nice pose and placement in the frame. I also see a lot of noise under the wings. I have the same question as Daniel.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe .. nice flight pose with the dangling feet .
Light is what it is ... at least easy to process with no harsh shadows or the SO :w3 important angle of light :S3:.

Agree with the artifacts , but they are not only in the underwing visible ....

TFS Andreas

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks all for viewing and commenting, much appreciated. Looking at the image after reading your comments it is pretty bad. Not sure what happened, maybe brain fog who knows. Here is the image again, this time better I hope.

[Mike Poole]

2nd image looks far better Joe- nice timing on the take off as well

Mike

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.