Cattle Egret

[Mike Milicia]

Canon 1D X, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS @ 200mm IS, 1/2500, f/5.6, ISO 400
Manual fill flash at full power with Better Beamer
About 70% of Full Frame

Photographed last month at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm.

[David Salem]

Funny, I looked at the pic for a few seconds before I read your info. I thought it looked 3Dish and looked like it had been flashed, but no, is a BIF. Dont think I have ever seen it done besides hummers. Cool that the beamer got out there enough to make a difference.
Exposure looks great as do the details. I like the tree and sky BG too. Well done.

[Jamie Douglas]

Very cool image Mike.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent flight pose and light, good exposure control.

[Girish Prahalad]

beautiful! sharp & well exposed. love the arc created by the wings & the dangling feet

[Marina Scarr]

Great flight pose with the dangling feet and clear head and loving the look of those whites. Must have been strong sun for you to flash at full power fill and it was obviously handled well.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
Love the full outstretched wings and the positon of the feet,
Exposed very well and nice details.
Great comp too.
Well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Great execution with the flash, Mike. loved the wing spread. And having trees along with sky is so much better than just sky.

[Karl Egressy]

I really like the wing position on this one, Mike

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight pose with very nice wing position and composition.

Regards,
Satish.