Little Egret in habitat.

[Satish Ranadive]

ISO:200, 1/2500, @ 7.1, Exposure Bias, +0.3, Shutter Priority, Spot metering.
From Archive. I have kept the habitat as it is. No cleaning od water etc. Lighten the beak.
Basic editing. Cropped for composition. NO NR.

Thanks for viewing, critiques and comments,
Kind Regards,
Satish.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Hi Satish,

Lovely view of the top side of this Little Egret - nice detail in the feathers. Also like the open beak - looks really assertive.

My only change might be to try and give the bird more space to fly into on the right side - perhaps by cropping from the left and a little above.

Thanks for sharing,

Gerald

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

If anything, I could see it a little higher in the frame and more space in front.
Excellent action shot Satish!
TFS!

[Satish Ranadive]

Gerald and Akos,
Thank you for your feed back. I have increased the canvas o the right side by taking from the left. I do not have space one the top so I kept it as it is.
Hope you will like it.



Regards,
Satish.

[gail bisson]

The repost looks much better. Excellent PP as well.
The whites look good and I love the calling pose.
TFS,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

Excellent pose, open bill, exposure. Repost is an improvement from a composition standpoint, but the saturation is lower, and the image a bit duller because of that. Nice job on adding canvas.

A bit more subject isolation (less DOF) from the somewhat busy bg would have been an interesting option, but still effective as is!

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Great image for the theme, Satish. Love the flight pose and the open beak.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I like the RP better Satish.
The vegetation does not bother me either, that's what you get with the bird being close to the BG.
I would also still take the shot.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you every body for the feed back and kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Beautiful Satish! I do like the RP. The BG works well, as there are not any overbearing trees or other elements to detract from the subject. I also think that just the tiny bit of reflection of the bird works nicely. Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, the thumbnail doesnt do this justice. Great whites for the theme, sharp, and I like the full wingspread and open beak. Well captured.

Your repost rocks.