Cattle Egret in Breeding Colors

[Fabs Forns]

Captured at the Alligator Farm last May. Almost last light, full frame. Notice how red they eye gets from the breeding colors.

Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens (mm): 600
ISO: 1600
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/320

[Alan Murphy]

Love the head angle and plumage. The BG is stunning and sets off the plumes nicely. The UR OOF leaves are a tad distracting to me. (I might consider removing the one OOF limb over the shoulder) I do like the sense of place this image has.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent ambiance and details Fab, wish I had one with breeding colors :D

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful detail in the bird. I'm with Alan on the oof veg. and I might lighten the eye just a tiny bit. It is too beautiful to be dark.

[Troy Lim]

Nice breeding color, not sure if I have any of them this red.
Agree with the OOF over the bird is too big. TFS.

[Sid Garige]

Very nice comp Fabs. Great details.

[Michael Stern]

Fabs,
Beyond sharp..very nice colors and comp.,
Best,
Michael

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent capture of the breeding colours Fabs. Good overall detail too.

[Harshad Barve]

excellent comp and great details
TFS

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Fabs,
I love this as presented - the green off-sets those gorgeous colours so well -and I do not find any of it distracting :)
Best,
Nicki

[Rod Warnock]

Great seeing eye, Fabs!! Agree with Alan about the OOF branch. THat BG adds atmosphere.
Troy: Often here in Australia many are much much redder in breeding plumage..wonder as to the cause??
Best regards
Rod

[Kiran Poonacha]

Really loved the punk hairdo here, here they are a bit more orange here... Nice done fabs..

[Joe Brown]

Great colours and detail in this bird with exceptional colouring. I agree with the OOF branches and would like more space on the left.
Excellent shot.
Joe