Great Egret- closeup of the lore

[Joseph Przybyla]

This is another from my recent visit to the rookery at Gatorland in 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)
1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering -1 2/3 EV ISO 250 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[steve torna]

Hi Joe, I wish we had birds like this in Montana..... I love close-up portraits of animals especially images that really show case the color and beauty in the eyes. I appreciate the detail of the feathers, lore and beak and the sharpness and clarity of the eye. TFS

[annmpacheco]

Love it Joe, great detail and exposure. Interestingly, in addition to the green lore, i notice the reddish eye instead of the yellow. I tried to find out if this too is a breeding occurrence and not specific to this bird but couldn't get the info... Also, I also wondered about which gender has the green loves, I thought the male bc they usually have the more attractive colorings but i read that the green lore changes once eggs are laid... some info but doesn't quite answer the mystery... Also, the top of the bill changes to black as your images shows during breeding only.

[dennis greenwood]

Bang on Joe

[keith mitchell]

Joe this really is superb,excellent feather detail and that eye is something else.

Keith.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent portrait. Superb exposures in whites, Great breeding colors on Egret. Very nice details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

Ann, thank you for all the information. Artie once asked me if I had captured the red eye in any of my images from Gatorland, at the time I was not sure what he meant. Now I do. I really had not thought about red eye/yellow eye to you mentioned it in your comments. Thank you.