perched cattle egret

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 300 iso 400
m 1/1600 @ 7
300 mm plus 1.4x

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

I really like the dark, moody feel to this. Sharp, well exposed.

Some how I think he should be quoting Edgar Allan Poe!

Cheers

Randy

[Dave Leroy]

It does have a bit of a mood to it. Nice and sharp and I really like the dof. If you are into it removing some of the extra foliage would be an option.

[christopher galeski]

nice image Stuart,love the dark BG,like the pose and detail,would remove the bird lime of the leaves bottom left.well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Grim photo, and moody as others point out. This is a good thing! I like the comp and techs. I too would remove the dropping from the leaves in LLC, and there seems to be a cyan cast to the whites (easily fixable in PS by desaturating the cyan channel in Hue/saturation).

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sharp and nicely exposed. Love the deep green bg. I love the feet, and his strong grip around the perch. Moody indeed - he does seem rather pensive.

[Frank Schauf]

Nice composition and excellent expsoure control and sharpness.