Great Egret with fish

[alexgwoodruff]

Taken this week at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve in Arizona.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4902366763_ef8284a5c6_z.jpg

Exif: 1/500", f10, ISO 200, 420mm, Manual mode

[Lance Peters]

Hi Alex - great timing to get him with his dinner.

A different composition and cant decide whether it works or not - bird is tack sharp and some nice details in those whites.
Think I would rather have seen the head angled a little towards us - might have tried to move around to the right a bit if possible.
Just is not quite coming together for my personal tastes.

Keep em coming :)

[Julie Kenward]

Alex, I also think a slightly better head angle and the inclusion of the entire neck would have really made this image stronger. I also feel you have too much negative space at the top of the frame. If you have more canvas to the right I'd go with a horizontal presentation instead of vertical.

As Lance said, you got the whites in control and good detail and the action part is certainly there.

[alexgwoodruff]

Thanks very much for the feedback. I will take another look at the original and see if I can take a second shot at it!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Love the texture in the neck feathers - wish for a different HA and some crop from the top - keep em coming.