Egret

[John Deakin]

Taken in late afternnoon light, D300, 500VR, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 400, matrix metering. Slight crop left and top for composition, basic adjustments using Lightroom and CS3. Wish the hotspot on the neck wasn't there :(

Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

John

[Phil Bayley]

A perfect capture in every way. While it is slightly hot on the leading edge of the wings and throat, it appears to be flying into the setting sun. Judging from your composition and use of image adjustment programs, you could use a little brush work to fix you up if you think it will improve a printed piece.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice light and details. You could fix the overexposed spot in your RAW converter using 'recover highlights' and/or curves. I would also brighten the dark part of the wing. Keep them coming!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very nice details on the feathers.
Hot spot fix mentioned.

Szimi

[Philip Lombard]

JUst excellent, fantastic lighting as well as BG.

[David Steele]

Wonderful John. A perfect exposure and a perfect background.

[John Deakin]

Thanks you all very much for your kind comments and suggestions, noted and much appreciated.

John