Morning hunter...

[David Roach]

EOS R EF400 DO I 1.4xtc II 1/3200 f8 ISO 800

Once the early direct morning sun cleared the mangroves, I liked the images where I was slightly off the sun angle as the shadows better defined my favorite thing about these beauties, the crest and neck feathers.

[Colin Driscoll]

Nice pose and light with the sun off the water opening the shadows under the wings. Sharp too, and does show those neck and head feathers well. There's a couple of dark patches center right that could be removed, and there is a bit of a magenta cast in the water which could bee real for all I know.