Snowy Egret

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this Snowy Egret at my favorite marsh, Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 -2/3 EV ISO 360
Post processed in Lightroom 5

[Shawn Zierman]

I like the eye level fly by, and the flight pose is decent. Exposure work is solid. Love those gleaming yellow socks! Can you describe what post work you might have done in the background? I see things that don't look like bokeh....but maybe just my eyes....

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Shawn, thanks for viewing and commenting. Regarding the BG, in Lightroom using the adjustment brush set to noise reduction I applied 100% noise reduction to the BG, also I de-sharpened the BG by 50%. Probably it is the de-sharpening the does not look like bokeh. Here is a post with just the noise reduction.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joseph , neat fly by pose on eye level, good job in getting this . BKG does look a bit too soft and the whites could show slightly more detail in a real nice world.

TFS Andreas

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the exposure, sharpness and composition. I think you might be able to get more detail out of the whites. Nice image Joe.