Snowy Egret Landing

[Kurt Bowman]

Spent some time at the Gilbert water ranch a couple weeks ago. I mostly got bit by a ton of mosquitos (something we normally don't get much of around these parts, but had tons of rain the year). I got a very brief moment with this Snowy landing as he was coming out of the shadows and didn't see much else unfortunately.
A1, 200-600mm with 1.4 TC
1/5000 at f/9, ISO 3200

[Brian Sump]

Kurt, this is a gorgeous landing shot. Very nicely sharp, great angle of flight (slightly toward the camera), love the golden slippers and super nice effect in the wing plumage as well as the crown.

Hard to nit much from my end, maybe just a tad more all around if you had it, but this is a sweet one. Well done!

[Daniel Cadieux]

A bit tight all around IMO, but I love the landing pose and great view of those feet. Sweet light on those whites. Although really small, that black dot at the bottom edge (near the middle) keeps drawing my eye - simple fix with the spot removal tool.

[William Dickson]

What a pose....yes to more room around the bird, but what a great capture....1/5000 nailed it...nice feather detail and that facial expression is priceless....Well done Kurt...

Will

[John Mack]

Nice pose and light. More room below would be nice for the bird to land into.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice landing, love the light. wish the near wing was stretched back a bit, sometimes it doesn't happen if the egret is just hopping from point to point

agree a bit on the tight side


TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot the tones have been well handled, just a tad tight in the frame for me.

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto everything above. The yellow on the back if the kegs indicates a young bird.

with love, artie