Explosion of Colour #4

[Daniel Belasco]

Snowy Egret

Still continuing my theme I've started in my posts here. My 4th post. I did finding a web hosting site that allows me to post larger. That seemed to be a major criticism of my 3 previous posts.
This is an older shot, thus the 20d.

techs: canon 20d 500mm f4 lens at f5.6 1/2000 iso 800 -1/3evhttp://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=yzildq&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Daniel

Gorgeous bg !!! Strong reflection, good feather detail and love the feel !!!

Just personal opinion but might have gone with a horizontal to show more up front and a fuller wake !! Either way one fine image !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Phil Ertel]

This is very nice! I also love the colorful background (I agree with Alfred; if you have more of the background showing more would be nice in my opinion). The head angle is pleasing and the raised foot adds interest. Thanks for sharing.

[Daniel Belasco]

Probably should have mentioned, I am very close with the 500mm lense and struggling to fit the egret in the frame. Shot in vertical format and only cropped maybe 3% off the image to center the bird. That's also the reason for the high shutter speed, because of the closeness the apparent rate of speed was very fast.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Glad you found a way to post your images larger, just keep in mind to keep the files at no larger than 200kb ;-)

Beautiful colours once again, very autumnal! Great pose by the egret too. I would have preferred less room behind and more in front, but a very striking image nonetheless. You might want to consider some NR on the BG.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great colors in the BG and I like the walking pose and sharpness. Another vote for putting the bird further to the right in the frame to give him room to walk into. Keep them coming!

[Ramon M. Casares]

I agree that comp would be improved by leaving more room in front of the bird, but pose, light, exppsure, BG, colors and overall image are stunning! Congratulations.

[christopher galeski]

I agree with what as been said about crop,but a beautiful image,love the colors.thanks.