Great Egret With Mouthful Of Grass And Fish

[Joseph Przybyla]

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

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED image captured at 300mm
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV -1 ISO 360 Auto WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Juan Tolentino]

Hello Joe, I love the bird's plumage and the water reflection on the body. I'm not a fan of ripple reflections. I think a crop eliminating the reflection of the head will look better. TFS.

[gail bisson]

Nice POV. Whites look good.
Good, solid image.
Gail

[John Mack]

Nice to see the bill open with all that vegetation and fish. Also like the rippled reflection. The blue and white go nicely together.

[Bob Smith]

I'm OK with this rippled reflection Joe---makes for an interesting contrast to the nicely focused bird above. The shade of blue in this BG water makes a striking setting for such a bright subject and really makes the yellows of the bill pop.

[Dorian Anderson]

I love the white on the blue, but the bird looks a bit soft to me. I agree with Juan about the rippled reflection.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice on all counts. I love the caustics. A bit too much salad and not enough fish?

East Beach in the afternoon?

with love, artie

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice on all counts. I love the caustics. A bit too much salad and not enough fish?

East Beach in the afternoon?

with love, artie

Hey Artie, nope... North Lagoon from the shore facing west.