Snowy Egret Foraging

[Mark Jones]

Snowy Egret Foraging by Phaeton Place, on Flickr

This was one of the first images using my new Canon 1DX and 600 II with 2X extender. I sat out on the edge of a small pond in Sebring, FL watching this fellow go about finding dinner. This a 50% crop.
ISO 1000, 1200mm, 1/2500 sec, f/8. Processed in PS CS6 with Nik Color Efex Pro and Dfine 2.0

[gail bisson]

the IQ is stunning.
The light, the pose, the wispy tail feathers are wonderful.
the image just pops off the monitor.
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose captured, Mark. I like the raised leg showing off with the yellow foot. Exposure looks OK on my monitor.

[Raymond Lee]

Beautiful shot! The exposure looks good. Love the raised leg as well. The darkened background makes the bird pop.

[Gary Kinard]

I have to agree. The image quality is absolutely stunning. very beautiful shot.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The white bird agaisnt the dark BG is really sweet. Nice walking pose, love the foot touching the water surface. I'm not a fan of the lower dark band along the bottom edge but all else looks good to me.