Great Egret.

[Karl Egressy]

This head shot was made in Florida where the birds are so tame sometimes
that you can walk up to and fill the frame with a head shot.
Thanks for looking

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 400 f4.0 L IS +1.4x II.
ISO 400
1/1600 s
f 9
HH

[stuart wanuck]

Karl nicely done

[David Cowling]

Lovely handling of the white feather details, exposure spot on. Plenty of room around the bird and everything perfectly sharp. Wish we had birds that tame in UK. Great portrait and a nice BG.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely detail and nice illustration of what I assume is breeding colours.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait. Wonderful breeding colors, absolutely superb details in whites and beautiful composition.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[John Robinson]

Very nice indeed, and a superb background.
JohnR

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous color and detail, with prefect placement of the brownish-gold stripe in the BG!

[Girish Prahalad]

excellent close-up. HA, colors, IQ & BG are top notch

[Karl Egressy]

Thank you all. The lens actually was 500 f4.0 L IS and not 400 f4.0 L IS. I just invented it LOL.