Cattle Egret (breeding plumage)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at rookery in the alligator breeding pond at Gatorland, Orlando, 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)
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 200 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[William Dickson]

Fab detail Joe. Lovely whites and a beautiful eye. A wee bit more on top, if you have it?

Will

[Robert Kimbrell]

Very attractive Joseph, Good exposure and sharpness. sized nicely in the frame, but William may be on track with a little more on top.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Joe, a very bright, rich and vibrant image.

The side profile/elevation works nicely, with some cool detail & clarity. If you did some eye work I might peg it back, colour can often 'bleed' into the finer detail IMHO, but no deal breaker, just a thought. Love the fine, Mohican, hair style, really neat.

TFS
Steve

[gail bisson]

Great feather details here.
Agree with a bit more room up top if you have it.
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely portrait shot with tons of great details, Joe.

[Don Lacy]

Agree with everyone else about more room at the top , otherwise I very nice portrait, these guys have tons of character when they are in their breeding plumage.

[stuart wanuck]

nice capture good color

[John Robinson]

All been covered Joe. Nice gutsy portrait
John

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait.

Regards,
Satish.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting, and suggesting improvements. Very much appreciated....

Here is an edit with more on the top as suggested. Thanks again everyone.