October Project - backlit: Great Egret in Flight

[Albert Rizzo]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5113476719_5794774f91_b.jpg

[Daniel Cadieux]

Dynamic pose here Albert. This guy looks like it is on a mission! I love the backlit flight feathers and the rim lighting around the bill...very neat. I'm digging the image even if the egret is flying away. I would crop out or clone out the thin row of flowers along the bottom edge. For me they do not add anything extra the comp. You could also smooth out the specular highlights in URC. Thanks for participating in the October project!:)

[Albert Rizzo]

Thanks for your comments Daniel.
Does this version look any better for specular highlights?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/5115705959_2e508157aa_b.jpg

[Albert Rizzo]

Sorry, I uploaded the wrong version.
Here's the updated one:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1082/5116942567_a6bdae39da_b.jpg