Egret

[John Robinson]

Back lit Egret.
A bird I have been waiting to photograph in this country for many,many years. Finally got it at one of my rare outings this year ,to a local scrape. More to follow.
D7100
Sigma 50-500 - before I sent it off to have the inside fungus growth removed. At least it lowered the contrast a bit !!

640 ISO300th @f9
Crop from horizontal.
Image guru for shadows.
Neat Image.
People didn't reckon much to the pigeon pic- don't know why?
Cheers
JohnR

[William Dickson]

Great capture John. I like the comp and I am glad that it is backlit, as the light looks real strong on the back. We had 4 up here last year

Will

[John Robinson]

Cheers
Will
Yes, I could have toned it down a bit but it would loose the feel of the back lit situation. That,s what it looked like so fair enough .
Thanks for looking
John

[William Dickson]

Hi John, I never meant to tone it down a bit, what I meant was that if you had captured it with the sun behind you, the whites would have been real bright

Will

[John Robinson]

Gotcha Will-Cheers
John

[Karl Egressy]

Great find and a nice image, John. I love Egrets and have a chance to see them in the fall migration season at some local ponds every year.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent backlit image. Very nice pose with raised foot. Beautiful composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice shot John, for me a tad oversharpened and maybe lower the highlights on the right shoulder other wise very nice. I have between 50 and 80 depending upon which day, roosting about 600yd from my back garden but they are very skittish.