2nd cattle egret head shot

[allanrube]

This one was shot soon after (or before) the one I posted last week. Same techs:
1/1250 f/9 iso 320, shot with D3X, 600 VR with tc20III.

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[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Excellent, Alan. Open bill makes a big difference. Stunning peak breeding colors.

[Marina Scarr]

Wonderful capture. The colors and open beak made this one. You have great details in the whites and I like the clean BG which really shows off the behavior. This could also work with less of a square crop, specifically some more room on the left.

[gail bisson]

Beautiful portrait. The open beak is great. Very nice exposure on the whites. I like the square crop.

[Doug Brown]

Much improved over the previous image Allan! Nicely done. I do agree with Marina about something other than a square crop.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent! open beak adds a lot and fantastic fine details as expected from D3X!

[allanrube]

I like the crop. I like in tight images more than most here. I also like the eye placement in this crop.

[allanrube]

If my last post doesn't make sense it is because I was using my iPad to read the comments and respond. The problem (and I have mentioned it to "the office" but there is not remedy) is that I cannot scroll horizontally on my iPad. Therefore, the right section of my image was cut off. I liked the crop for composition reasons which are not apparent when you see the full image. :e3

[Robert Holguin]

Lovely colors, excellent timing, and whites handled real well. Well done.

[Leo Berzins]

Lovely sharp, detailed image but I'll also vote for a little more room on the left.

[Kim.K.K.Lam]

Beautiful portrail shot and nice details.

[allanrube]

My posts 7 and 8 might be confusing to those who do not use an iPad )this may pertain to the iphone and other smartphones and tablets too??)

Here (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/84141-iPad-problem?p=672817&posted=1#post672817) is a thread I started with this problem.

Here is what I see on my iPad. The crop is tighter is I actually like it more than my original.

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[Troy Lim]

Awesome shot Allan...amazing sharpness especially with that combo.