Snowy Topside

[Joseph Przybyla]

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

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -1 EV ISO 140 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

The slight tilt towards us really helps show off the dorsal surface of the wings, the blue bg sets off the bird well, sharp. Effective DOF.

The whites actually are quite good, but I might tone down the upper back/shoulder area just a bit to see if some more detail can be teased out. Detail extractor in PS would be my first choice, but it looks like that isn't an option for you.

Perhaps a bit more canvas above .

Cheers

Randy

[Diane Miller]

Beautiful -- I love the detail in the whites. Nik's Detail Extractor is always worth a look for whites. A glance at their web site looks like it will run in several recent versions of Elements.

[Satish Ranadive]

excellent flight shot. Superb top side view.
love the way he pops up against lovely blues, Joseph.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

For me the sharpest bit seems to be the near wing.
Love the details and pose.
The contrast against the blue water really rocks!
Thanks for sharing

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting, and offer suggestions for improvement. Very much appreciated...