Cattle Egret in flight

[arash_hazeghi]

Another image from Tampa Bay

http://www.stanford.edu/%7Eahazeghi/Photos/birds/cattle%203%20low.jpg

I actually like the head shadow on the undersides, don't know why!

5DMKII 500 f/4 + 1.4X TC, f/7.1 1/3200sec ISO 400, manual exposure

Hope you like it.

[Dave Mills]

Him Arash,beautiful bird caught at a great moment. Nice lighting,muted backround and good detail. IMO the shadow is not a plus (having a tendancy to pull my eye to it) but its a strong image regardless.

[Oscar Vazquez-Ortiz]

Smooth image, smooth BG! Nice keeper! Congrats.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely image, Arash. Sharp, well exposed, great wing position and background. I do find the shadow interesting; but when I block it out, I think it becomes a stronger image.

[Lance Peters]

Beautiful Arash - lovely whites - sharp as a tack - exposure spot on.
Shadow does not bother me - in fact its kinda cool.

[Troy Lim]

Love the shot, exposure is spot on.
Shadow part is hard to avoid as sun was behind you.

[Harold Davis]

you nailed the heck out of this one!! i love that shadow on the wing. pretty cool!!

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Arash - I like the shadow. It makes the image unique.

TFS,
Rachel