Great Egret

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Great Egret photographed against gloomy skies overlooking the River Murray, South Australia, April 2013. Canon 1DIV, EF 600 f4L IS, 1.4TCIII, 1/4000, f 8, ISO 800. Cropped, OOF branch removed, resized, sharpened. Comments welcome.

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Gerhard, I like the isolated pose and the BG looks good to me. Focus seems spot on too. As you mention the gloomy skies are working against you here I think.

[PhilCook]

Liking a lot the posture and perch, but yes the light was not friendly at the time and the wrong direction....liking the hint of blue sky in the backdrop

[Diane Miller]

I like the unique pose and the IQ seems fine to me. Have you tried boosting the White slider (if you're using ACR / LR 4)?

[edwardselfe]

Was going to suggest boosting the whites as has Diane. Think you might be able to recover it quite a bit as there's plenty of detail there.
Ed