Reddish Egret

[Joseph Przybyla]

Image captured at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2/3 ISO 640, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Bill Dix]

Good one, Joe. We usually see shots of this guy dancing and prancing, so it's nice to see this simple graphic comp of him against that DeSoto white sand. Love the contemplative look.

[Isaac Grant]

Bill summed up my thoughts on this perfectly. Maybe just a little more room above. Nice one Joe.

Edit: I went back and looked on my computer and not on the phone (should never comment when only looking on the phone) and I see what looks to be repeating patterns on both sides of the bird.

[Jake Levin]

Big Red sure gets around on this site, doesn't he? I like the simple background and the pose, but I think I see repeating patterns to the left and right of the bird. Colour and details are spot on.

[annmpacheco]

Love it Joe... I like the neutral background and the sand on his toes, very contemplative... The white ?"drops, blobs" to the right of Red's left legs are a tad distracting, so a suggestion would be to clone em out of there! TFS

[John Mack]

Nice view of this reddish egret. Always love the white De Soto sand.

[William Dickson]

Looking good Joe. Nice pose and detail on the bird. Good POV

Will

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated. Here is a repost addressing the suggestions made to improve the image. Regarding the repeating patterns I must have added canvas, no other way for repeating patterns. Nice to have other sets of eyes to help. Thanks again. Here is a repost with corrections.