Little Egret head shot

[Aka Ho]

This is my first post in this forum. Thanks for looking :D

Canon 30D, 400mm F5.6, hand held

http://www.hiddenplace.ws/home/2008/oct/pictures/picture-33.jpg

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome to BPN and very nice first post! I like the details, BG and backlight idea. It looks a bit underexposed as presented. You could try to apply curves and/or S/H. Keep them coming and please post the complete techs.

[Tony Whitehead]

Big welcome and congratulations on a fine first post. Fill flash would have been an option to reduce the contrast between the backlit feathers and the shaded near side and would have added a catchlight to the eye. Composition , pose and sharpness are good. Looking forward to more from Hong Kong.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Welcome to BPN!!!
Nice first post,I Iike the backlighting and bg`s color!

[Doug Brown]

Welcome to BPN! Good advice from some of our resident experts. Here's a repost that attempts to correct some of the issues they pointed out.