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    I captured this image of a Snowy Egret taking flight at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

    Nikon D500
    Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
    1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV -1 ISO 450 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic. Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
    Cropped for composition and presentation

    P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide
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    Perfect EXP as all that white pops against the green water. Love the framing as well. Maybe not perfect wing position but HA rocks. TFS

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    The reflections behind give this a very painterly feel that's kinda cool. Exposure looks good, and our attention goes right to his face, so that's good. I do think the bird is too high in the frame. As cropped the bottom (and particularly the bottom right) of the frame feels empty/boring compared the the painterly effect at the top. A lower lighting angle would have helped eliminate that underwing shadow and helped create more contrast/drama between the white birds and colored background.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorian Anderson View Post
    The reflections behind give this a very painterly feel that's kinda cool. Exposure looks good, and our attention goes right to his face, so that's good. I do think the bird is too high in the frame. As cropped the bottom (and particularly the bottom right) of the frame feels empty/boring compared the the painterly effect at the top. A lower lighting angle would have helped eliminate that underwing shadow and helped create more contrast/drama between the white birds and colored background.
    Hi Dorian, thank you for viewing and commenting. I changed the crop dimensions from 2x3 to 16x10 eliminating some of the background below the bird. Good suggestion I like it better.
    Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 08-10-2020 at 08:40 AM.
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    Hi Joe. I was just about to suggest a pano crop before I scrolled down to see that you're way ahead of me. The repost addressed my only real concern. The whites and HA look good, and the water is lovely.

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    Nice you can see where the bird launched from. Like the patterns and color in the water. Nice and sharp.

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