Reddish Egret (Dark Morph)

[Joseph Przybyla]

Another image from Mondays outing to Blackpoint Wildlife Drive at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF HH
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 2000 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[David Roach]

Always love Big Red and especially in a flight pose. Looks like the tones are spot on and this beauty pops off that awesome water. Light, pose, framing and details look great. TFS

ps
Love those neck feathers...

[Brian Sump]

Hi Joe, pretty photogenic creatures I'd say.

Cool landing pose, works nicely for me. Maybe not the sharpest file in the world but sufficient for sure.

With the light working against you and the gray (lifeless perhaps?) water, I feel like it could benefit from some depth and tonal enhancements. In other words, a bit more contrast against the bkg maybe?

Also, this is one compositionally where I could see it a bit more right in frame.

Anyway, thanks for sharing as always.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for commenting, much appreciated.