Snowy Egret silhouette

[Nagesh Mula]

I took this picture and as Egret was looking on the right side, I had to clone it towards the left side of the frame otherwise everything is as taken.
I would like to know your opinion.
EOS 30D
100-400mm @ 350
1/2000, F/6.3
ISO - 400

[LaurieBraman]

I love the background colors.

[Robert O'Toole]

Well the water smoothness and colors are just fantastic. And I always enjoy a good silhouette. The comp and the birds position is also great.

For me the big problem here as presented is the distracting halos around the face, head and body. You have to be very careful with silhouettes as the tend to halo even without sharpening.
Also Running NR on the BG would smooth it out very nicely.

Robert

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, colors and silhouette and agree regarding the halo around the bird.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I love the modd here, agree about the halo arround the bird and I also see jpg artifacts, but very nice moment captured! Congratualitons!