White Morph Reddish Egret

[gail bisson]

While taking images of the oystercatchers at Bunche beach I heard something land to my left. I was thrilled to see it was the white morph.
I had way too much lens but managed to get a few frames without cutting any bits off. This image is full frame with a sliver off the top.
Canon 1DX
600mm II
ISO 800 SS 1/2500 Av 7.1
PP Small crop, levels, LR5 sliders ( clarity +15, vibrance +10, saturation +4, sharpen +29 from default of 25 and NR +5) then off to CS5 for NR on BG and Detail Extractor at 3% on bird only. Nothing cloned or removed.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gai;

[Behin Nazemroaya]

Hello Gail. This is a fantastic capture. I love the color, pose, details & the great light.
My only advice is to leave a little more space in front.
Regards

Behin Nazemroaya
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[Joseph Przybyla]

Good capture Gail, I love the intensity in the gaze of the bird. Thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

Fantastic lighting Gail. The pose is terrific as is the POV. Great capture. Just love the water movement on the foot, it shows the movement on the bird, good work and thanks for sharing

[annmpacheco]

Beauty of a full frame here and lovely light on the white morph. I like the extended claw foot and the water trail. Very nice pov and I would also ask for more room on the left. great intensity of the reddish, very nice!

[keith mitchell]

Gail I love the stepping out pose ,real Heron stalking action, the light works beautifully on this white bird, very nice indeed.

Keith.

[Kirk Benson]

Congrats on the FF encounter with this beautiful WMRE. Love the gorgeous light (super shooting and light angles here), cool habitat setting, and excellent eye-level POV... comp looks good to me.
Thanks also for posting your detailed LR5 adjustments, I'm transitioning right now to LR & PSCC so your workflow info is most helpful.
I like it a lot just as presented... really well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, great low shooting angle, and I like the fishing pose leaning forward. I also like the trailing water from the back foot, and the bubbles from the front foot. I do like the warm light too.

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet. Love the light and the trailing foot, plus this is a great species to photograph!

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice, love the walking pose with the raised hind foot and the trailing water droplets. nice light and a nice BG too. The details in the whites could be better. red channel looks a bit hot

TFS

[sasan nejadi]

great shot ....TFS

[David Salem]

I was hoping to see one of these on my trip to Florida but never ran into one. Lucky you Gail. I love the Pose with the raised foot and the nice soft light you captured it in. Well done Gail

[Eric Dienesch]

Hello,

really a good picture.
The light is warm, the perspective is just the best you can get !!
Greetings Eric