This image of Big Red, the Fort Desoto Reddish Egret, and a group of Red-breasted Mergansers was captured at the north lagoon in Fort Desoto County Park, 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 230mm
1/640 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 160 Auto WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped 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
Freeloaders! A sharp, gorgeous Reddish Egret. What was the date? MAR or APR?
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I love the Reddish Egret, and the multiple bubbles all around. The mergansers don't do much for me though - perhaps if they had better HAs then I would have liked them better. Neat to see them in with the egret though, I'm sure the activity was fun to photograph.
I get the idea of the opportunistic feeding, the same happens here between cormorants, egrets and herons, but having tried, it is a really difficult combo to pull off successfully. The Egret looks manic!