Snowy Egret at Sunset

[Michael Pancier]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4143850870_880e13ffa2_o.jpg

The lighting at Estero Lagoon was amazing last Friday. I loved the rim lighting effect I got from the setting sun and lucked out with the wave at the right time...

7d + 500 4.0L + 1/4x TC II
f/5.6
1/500
ISO 400
no flash

[Randy Stout]

Michael:

Magical light. My first thought was it looked like a volcano in the back ground erupting.
My only wish would be that he wasn't so far to the right in the frame.

Very cool.

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the complimentary blues and oranges. Neat lighting effect you got here too. I'm Randy about the comp, but all else looks great.

[Harshad Barve]

Sublime colors here Michael
TFS

[Michael Pancier]

Michael:

Magical light. My first thought was it looked like a volcano in the back ground erupting.
My only wish would be that he wasn't so far to the right in the frame.

Very cool.

Randy

I should have shot w/o the t/c and I would have had more comp. space. this is full frame.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely photo Michael. Timing could not have been better with wave in bg and the lovely light. Well done. Dave

[Chris van Rooyen]

I enjoy this image very much, the backligh is very effective, and the dynamic feel created by the breaker is superb. Would have liked a little more room on the left.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful bokeh. Other than the placement of the egret in the frame, everything looks picture perfect to me.

[Richard Peters]

Lovely colours and light here although as already mentioned, the bird further to the right of frame would have made it even better.

[Juan Aragonés]

Outstanding one Michael, a very unusual composition with the bird really close to the left edge of the frame but it works! FANTASTIC colors and an unique atmosphere, one of the best images I have seen recently and I really do not understand why it has so few comments (?)

I would hang this one in my walls for sure :-)