Reddish Egret Portrait

[gail bisson]

Taken at Fort Desoto this past April
Canon 1D MKIV
F 500mm
F 8.0
SS 1/2000
ISO 800
Taken at ~ 8:00am during a fun morning with Nicki Gwynne-Jones
Vertical crop from horizontal.Not sure about this comp.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful light on this handsome fellow, and a perfect turn of the head. The crop works for me, but I might also imagine just a little more room below and less on the top. You've got the eye pretty close to the ROT. There may be a hint of crunchiness on the neck feathers.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, good detail throughout, and I feel you have the sharpness spot on. Comp wise, I agree with Bill, a little off the top, and add a touch to the bottom, so we can see where neck feathers end.

With these type of portraits, I try and shoot vertical in camera.

[dankearl]

Very attractive bird and a pretty pastel BG.
A bit more of a vertical crop if you have would look nice.

[PhilCook]

I rather like the crop as is myself, lovely portrait and detail, especially like the pastel soft two tone backdrop

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, HA and BG. I like Stuarts composition suggestion. Nice image Gail.

[Marina Scarr]

Nice details and exposure here, Gail. I'd like to see less room on top.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous portrait.Very nice details,lights and background. I like the composition as it,however square composition also looks beautiful.(I tried).

Regards,
Satish.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Excellent sharp portrait Gail. I like the two toned BG and soft colours. Suggested comp would work nicely.

[arash_hazeghi]

great portrait of the handsome reddish. sharp and clean. I just wish the sun was directly behind you

[Karl Egressy]

Nice as is but a vertical crop showing more intimate closeness of the head, and not showing part of the body that is not lit, might have been better, Gail.

[Doug Brown]

Nice Reddish portrait Gail. I like the complimentary BG color and the shadowing created by the light direction. I'd consider a crop off the top and right of the frame.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Nice portrait of our resident Reddish Egret. They are one of my favorites to shoot. I like that you got the plumage slightly raisd from the body showing nice details.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
I really like the shawdows in the feathers as it gives them some real good definition.
Wonderful background, great pose, and excellent details.
Very well done.