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[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 300 iso 400 300 mm lens
1/2000 @ f 6.3
wako manual

[Ramon M. Casares]

Nice exposure control, detail, ambient and shrpness, I love the touches of green in the BG and DOF, square crop doesn't work for me, I would try at least to de-center the bird.
Congratulations!!

[stuart wanuck]

ramon how would you crop?

[Rohan Kamath]

excellent exposure here. I'm really a novice to photography but maybe a little more space in front of the bird to get the feel of landing might have worked nicely IMO.


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[Brian Barcelos]

Very nice job controlling the whites and nice wing position. I like Rohans comp and I wished the beak wasn't crossed by the wing. Congrats.

Brian

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the pose & whites well handled. Agree Rohan's crop works better. Still well done.

[Hugh J McLaughlin]

Repost gives the subject room to 'fly' thru the frame. Nicely exposed.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

About the crop. A crop is basically just a frame. Vertical or horizontal frame choice is determined by the subject. If the subject is mainly horizontal, as is in this image, a horizontal frame is called for. If the egret was standing upright, in a vertical position, well, you get the picture.
Horizontal or vertical frames both have advantages over square (or close to) frames. Horizontal often has a more peaceful feel as well as much the way we normal look at the world, whereas vertical, by restricting periferal vision, forces the viewer to concentrate more on the subject.
Of course cropping is framing after the image has been taken, but both use the same principles.
The horizontal frame, in the context of bird photography, as mentioned should allow an in motion subject space to move into as well.
Back to this image. Although other compositional ideas could be considered, the most basic rule of thirds would seem to work here. Here would be my version of the crop. regards~Bill

[stuart wanuck]

thank you,appreciate your comments

[Kiran Poonacha]

beautiful picture, nice expo and pose.. just wished the head was outside the wing...