Mirror, Mirror...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Reddish Egret recently along Black Point Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island NWR, Merritt Island, 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 201mm (315mm FFE)
1/1250 F/7.1 Matrix Metering +1/3 EV ISO 1000, white balance warmed slightly, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation

[William Dickson]

What a fantastic reflection Joe. Lovely detail on the bird, and a very nice pose.

Will

[Ron Conlon]

super

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Outstanding reflection, rare to catch such absolutely still water. He must have been standing very quietly for a while before this was taken.

I particularly like how close his bill is to the water, looks like he is checking out his reflection.

Nicely done.

Cheers

Randy

[Michael Thompson]

very nice reflection shot! Normally I would like more eye contact, but in this one it works, you can really see the intensity of the downward look in the water. it looks like it is looking at its reflection, but I bet it has an eye on some fish or something.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fine light you had here with this perfect mirror water surface. There is one minor blue spot on the wing in the reflection that I would likely remove if mine, if only to make the perfect reflection even more perfecter

[Arthur Morris]

super

Ron, When you like an image, please let us know why so that we can avoid becoming just another "great shot" forum. a

[Arthur Morris]

Mirror, mirror indeed. I could go for a bit more room all around, sharpening the eye of the bird a bit, and lightening the reflection just a tad. As above, this still water reflection image is superb. a

[Lorant Voros]

Unreal perfect reflection. I love it. The bird is perfectly lit; I'd also lighten the reflection a tad. Very well done, Joe. Thanks for sharing.

[Ron Conlon]

Ron, When you like an image, please let us know why so that we can avoid becoming just another "great shot" forum. a

The very uniform background with the very sharp reflection make it super. I like the framing, and think it could even slightly tighter bottom and right. The slight imperfection in the reflection could be seen as the wabi-sabi that saves us all from ruin through perfectionist hubris. I like it!

[Joseph Przybyla]

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

Here is a edit and repost reflecting the suggestions.