Fish Salad

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Great Egret in Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas County, Florida in the lagoon that is now overgrown with mangroves. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED, handheld
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV -1 ISO 400 Auto WB, image captured at 300mm (450mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Jonathan Ashton]

Good to see the prey and weeds, details and colour look good. I get the impression there may be a slight halo around the bird - seems more prominent around the head and neck.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe ... looks good with the subject popping nicely from the water .
Cool behavior captured , but would prefer an image without salad ... on the other hand it does make it different .
The Heron does look odd on the edges and kind of blurry in the plumage along those edges .

TFS Andreas

[Joseph Przybyla]

Good to see the prey and weeds, details and colour look good. I get the impression there may be a slight halo around the bird - seems more prominent around the head and neck.

Hi Jon, thank you for viewing and commenting. I will work on the image keeping your suggestion of a light halo in mind.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Joe ... looks good with the subject popping nicely from the water .
Cool behavior captured , but would prefer an image without salad ... on the other hand it does make it different .
The Heron does look odd on the edges and kind of blurry in the plumage along those edges .

TFS Andreas

Hi Andreas, thank you for viewing and commenting, I revisited the master file for this image and processed it with the workflow I am using now. Here is a repost. WDYT?