Reddish Egret (Dark Morph)

Another from time spent early morning Wednsday at Ft. Desoto in Pinellas County, Florida. That morning I had two in front of me, a dark morph and a white morph. They would stand at the waters edge, facing the water watching for fish in the surf. When seeing a fish one or both would run after the fish stabbing into the water, sometimes successful sometimes not. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV -1/3 ISO 360 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

Terrific action shot, Joe.

Nice running pose with the raised foot adding. The shadow on the near-under-primaries would have been eliminated if only the bird had its wings fully raised.

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Very nice shot Joe! Great light and I like the bird's pose. I do wish the wings were fully raised. I think the image may need a slight CWC rotation. Nice blues in the water. Well done overall :bg3:

Nice action here Joe and at 1/3200 you captured it perfectly. Love that facial expression.

Will

Nice sense of motion here. I can see the drunken sailor routine in this frame. Light looks nice as well.