Little Egret

[Chris van Rooyen]

This is a another one from my archives, taken two year's ago on the banks of the Crocodile River on the border of the Kruger National Park. Its about a 70% crop, so I did not have many pixels to play with - wish I had a D850 for a closer crop! I removed a few spots from the water, but essentially this is how I remember the scene. It was a glorious morning with the water completely mirror calm. Thanks for viewing and thanks to everyone who viewed my previous image. Comments and critiques welcomed as always. Processed in LR and PS CC. Removed background noise with Neat Image.

Camera Model: NIKON D3S
Date/Time: 2016:04:09 07:33:05
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 9
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 900
Lens: 500.0 mm f/4.0 with 1.4x extender handheld

[David Roach]

Beautiful pose, reflection and composition. Looks as if you could lift it just a skosh more. TFS

[John Mack]

Like the reflection and the pano crop. Nice pose on the bird as well.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I really like the image.

Like the reflection. I wish the Beak was not intersecting the bogy like in the reflection.

Like how you were able to get to Sun Angle to eliminate the shadows on subject.

TFS