Great Egret

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Canon 50D, 300 2.8, 2x TC II
1/2500, f7.1, iso 400
Morning light, November last year.

It has been great being a part of this awesome community.
I have gotten a lot more from BPN than I have given back, but now that I've crossed 1K posts, I must grow up and contribute more :)
Thank you all!

[Mital Patel]

Sidharth

congrats on crossing 1k.
Indeed BPN is giving so high learning from members. in the past few months i stopped due to work and other activities .. recently i started with hope i will continue doing and sharing as much as i can.

Now as for your image this is indeed beautiful image bro. I think you have had much more room to increase the aperture having such beautiful 1/2500 speed. could have been more sharper on the back as well..

need a round of NR on bg ? cropping is fine to me and i love the fish so clear though i really hate smell of fish :S3:

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I think it's great, whites look nice , a great sharp eye, good fish position and you caught the poor fishie's last drop of water too.

[gail bisson]

I really like the comp and the head angle. The striated blue BG is terrific and IQ is awesome. Great that you got eye side of the fish. I like the single "tear" (drop) below the fish .
Congrats on hitting over 1000 posts.
You have helped me lots and I appreciate all your comments. If one divides your posts by the # of threads you are going above and beyond the duties of a BPN'er as you are posting 20 critiques for every thread you post. Pretty awesome and helpful I would say!Thank you Sis,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Sidharth, your contribution here on BPN has been very good and very much appreciated...keep it up!:S3:

Nice image overall, and like Gail I love that you have the fish with its right side showing. I can just picture it wiggling desparately for its life! DOF looks good from here with the face nice and sharp. I could go for a tiny bit more room above and would use the patch tool to eliminate the larger white speck on the lores.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent Sidharth and congrats on the milestone

[Melissa Groo]

Congratulations Sidharth. And this is a beauty of a shot. Sweet light, detail, and comp. You are very talented and also very helpful with others.

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic image! Just slightly brighter and some cooling filter applied.WDYT ?

[Tom Rambaut]

Great overall image. I would like some more room. Is there such a thing as the perfect HA for fish?:t3

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Great image over all, I like the position of the fish. The puffyness of the neck gives the image a nice touch.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thank you all; I really appreciate the very nice comments!

Ofer, I do like your repost. Thanks. I will give it a try and will also add some more room around.

Thanks!

[Ofer Levy]

Thank you all; I really appreciate the very nice comments!

Ofer, I do like your repost. Thanks. I will give it a try and will also add some more room around.

Thanks!

Composition looks spot on to me - no need for any extra room as you don't want to have the fish smaller and lose the ability so see the poor thing's expression...:w3

[yogesh_puranik]

wow...sid congrats on grt milestone..your images really are very impressive..keep them coming nice moment capture what i liked more is the DOF and exposure..class..

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Brilliant image , Sid. Loved everything about it !! Congrats on the 1000!!