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Thread: Great Egret Preening

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    Paul Ricciardi
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    Default Great Egret Preening

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    A solid 30 minutes of stalking this bird through knee deep mud finally rewarded me with a series of shots-everything from environmental shots, to full body shots, to headshots. I've never caught an Egret preening so when this guy started to preen the motordrive started firing and I started grinning. Overall today was one of my most rewarding outings and really kept me positive about one day pursuing avian photography as a full time career once I finish college.

    As far as crit goes-I normally don't like such a centralized composition but I don't mind it much here. I wish that I had gotten a more frontal angle instead of such a profile however I could not change my position without ending up to my waist in water. There is also too much background noise which I am working on dealing with in Noise Ninja. Curious what you guys have to say about it.

    Olympus E500, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm, ISO 400, F/9, 1/1250, Aperture Priority, -1EV Compensation, Minor Levels, Saturation, USM and crop to vertical.

    Thanks for the input!
    -Paul

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Exposure control and details look good. I would go for a wider crop left and right and run NR on the BG and wish for a bit more eye contact. Keep them coming!

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