Cattle Egret - Breeding #1

[Mital Patel]

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus)
Adult Breeding Plumage, Thol Bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA
May 29, 2010, 6:52am

Canon 7D, Canon 500
1/1000sec at f/6.3,
ISO -250
-0.3 ev

[Dumay de Boulle]

This is perfect.. Low angle, BG and super sharp detail and superb exposure.... Pastel colors make this one for me

[Trivedi Vatsal]

One of the best pic of yours I've ever seen Mital bhai. Just love it very much!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the DOF, multi-coloured BG and sharpness. Well done Mital!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital, welcome back. I see you have moved to Canon and increased your reach significantly in the meantime. way to go. This is superb....pose, exposure, colors...BG. I think a tad more room is needed at the bottom.

[denise ippolito]

Mital, Beautiful image. I especially like the pose and BG colors. Nice breeding colors also. I agree w/ Kaustubh- a bit more room at the bottom. Excellent image clarity.:)

[Mital Patel]

peter this was taken when this chap was busy foraging and yes it would have been good to have legs visible but the fact i can not deny is that the place i regular work is real hard for photographers to get nice frames with nice reach. so many disturbance of people (its more like picnic place). but yes i honor your point and will sure look after that next time.

[Mital Patel]

btw KD i am still with my old nikon only. the kit canon i always use of my birding partner when there is no reach for my 80-400 or i do need higher reach

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharp detail and IQ. Like the pose and 3 tone bg. Subject is well exposed with good natural colours against a killer DOF. Well done !

[Art Kornienko]

Ditto on the tad more room at the bottom and I would have cloned out the dark item in from of the birds left foot. Quite stunning and super light.

[DanLim]

Magnificient subject, nice pose, perfect light: what else to ask for ?

[Bryan Hix]

Love the colors and lighting. I also agree with a bit more room at the bottom. The BG really makes the bird stand out.