Cattle Egret

This Cattle Egret quickly halted on the breaks as it approached its nest among the reeds at Intaka Island, a small wetland reserve in Cape Town, South Africa. Always enjoy photographing these guys at sunset when they return from their days excursion.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
Date/Time: 2007:10:20 18:28:38
Shutter speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
ISO: 400
Lens: 400mm 5.6
Focal length: 400mm

Hi Kirsten!

Very nice! Great flight pose with full outstretched wings & feet, and beautiful background. I like all the details, and good sharpness on the head, and tones in the wings. Nice slight diagonal across the frame. I enjoy this very much, with nothing to add for improvement.

Hi Kirsten,
Super all around. Brian nailed the assesment.....and I will add great BG and dangling feet.
Super!

Nice braking image Kirsten. Even with the directional light, no dark shadows and whites look good. Nice positioning on the wings. BG works well with hints of the gold color the same as the bird.. Well done

A very well done from me, nothing to add to the above.

A beautiful image, Kirsten. In addition to the comments above, I like the composition here - the diagonal formed by the wings, the head turn paralleling the diagonal, and the slightly more room on the right of the frame for the bird to turn/fly into. No nits from me.

Beautiful image. Great pose and sweet light. Nailed the exposure and sharpness.

Whats not to liike good exposure, clean whites and sharp, nice job, the bg is ok but the random pattern bothers me but great as is.

Fantastic capture, image and composition, the details on the feathers are great...Congrats...:D

Wow Kirsten. An excellent image with all the right properties, sharpness, light, good wing-spread. Well done indeed.