Great Egret

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and apprciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2 ISO 1000 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm (600mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI, dodged and burned a couple areas of feathers
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 https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/

[Brian Sump]

Quite a pleasing image, Joe. For a white subject on high key effect, presents well.

The simplicity is great in terms of image design and the lone perch. Somewhat of a contemplative pose is cool.

As a personal matter, I like the position of the body in the frame, using the 1/3 rule, however because the neck and head are so outstretched, it leaves me desiring the subject to be further right in frame (the eye ends up in the left portion of the frame).

All in all, well processed and well seen.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Quite a pleasing image, Joe. For a white subject on high key effect, presents well.

The simplicity is great in terms of image design and the lone perch. Somewhat of a contemplative pose is cool.

As a personal matter, I like the position of the body in the frame, using the 1/3 rule, however because the neck and head are so outstretched, it leaves me desiring the subject to be further right in frame (the eye ends up in the left portion of the frame).

All in all, well processed and well seen.

Hi Brian, thank you for viewing, commenting and suggesting an improvement. I will visit the image and try your suggestion.