cattle egret

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 3 s iso 640
ap 1/3000@7
300 mm lens

[Doug Brown]

Nice landing pose with good sharpness and plenty of detail in the whites. I'd crop a bit off the left and add some canvas on the other three sides; the bird is too centered as presented IMO. Also there appears to be a halo at the top of the near wing.

[Marina Scarr]

I really like the pose and the light here, but having the bird centered just doesn't work as well as if you were to take some off of the left.

[gail bisson]

Hi Stuart,
I wish you would post at a size of 1024 x 800 pixels. It would make your images stand out so much more and make it easier for us to critique your images.My eyes are getting old:bg3:!
This is really nice image. the whites are exposed very well and I like the pose a lot. I agree with moving the bird to the left of the frame.I love the color of the blues in the BG,
gail

[stuart wanuck]

redone with off centering

[gail bisson]

Excellent! The repost rocks and my old eyes (with trifocals!) can see the details. Great shot Stuart,
gail

[stuart wanuck]

thank you gail

[Troy Lim]

Recrop works great. Still see some halo on the upper wing, did you do anything to it?

[stuart wanuck]

possibly do not recall