I captured this image of a Snowy Egret and small fish at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk 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 220mm
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV -1 ISO 360 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2018, cleaned up smudges from the water surface
Cropped and canvas added to right side for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Nice exp. on the whites. The fish and the contact with the water add to this one. I might move the bird a little to the left in the frame. Nice job getting a good shot in open, clean water at Circle B.
Last edited by Robert vanMierop; 09-04-2018 at 06:26 PM.
Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated. I tweaked the image a bit. The feathers were not white enough and the water not blue. Simple change in setting the white balance off the wing feathers. Which is better?
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I really like this one! The touch of the wing on the water makes the whole shot, along with the fish in the bill. The re-post is IMO better than the first one, and the whites are well preserved.