The Great Egret (Ardea alba)

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hi All, Took this at Western Treatment Plan on Sunday.. slight crop, sharpened
5d mk iii, 500mm, 1.4 iii, f8, iso 400, 1/1000

Cheers,
Merv

[ramesh anantharaman]

Hi Merv,

What i love about this image is the composition. Also the wing position is beautiful. Could this take on a little more brightness?? otherwise a beautiful frame!!

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hi Ramesh, I played with the brightness and pushed it to where I was comfortable. any further to the right in lightroom and the highlights where starting to blow.
cheers for the comment.
Merv

[Bill Dix]

Love the comp and the tension of the wings almost touching the water. Very nice flight shot.

[ramesh anantharaman]

Thats Ok Merv. Whites are always delicate and should be pushed only until where you are comfortable. I get your point perfectly. Again a very well done image you have.

[gail bisson]

Very nice image.
I like the reflection very much and the color palette.
gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mervin, these great egrets do have an unusual flying pose dont they - very similar to ours here in SA. Whites look good, and well done on getting a full reflection.

[Bret Goddard]

Love it, nice whites....

[Rob Melone]

Nicely exposed Merv, but what makes this for me is that awesome reflection!

[Troy Lim]

Love the shot, wing position is nice.
However, I feel that it has a lot more negative space on the bottom. I rather see less bottom and a bit more on top.