Reddish Egret in the morning

[Cheryl Flory]

It seems like its been forever since I've been able to get back here! What a lot of great work has been posted! Wow!

This is from March, 8:20 a.m. at Fort Desoto beach.
Canon 40D
Signma 50 - 500
1/2500
F6.3
ISO 500
500mm

cropped some from the back and bottom.

what do you think?

[Katie Rupp]

Welcome back, Cheryl, What a great catch! I like the wingspread, the watersplash and the action. Reddish Egrets are so much fun to watch when fishing/feeding. I might either blur or take some off the top. IAC, I like it very much.

[Doug Brown]

Really nice Cheryl! Great pose, light, and sharpness. All I would like to see is a bit more eye contact. Congrats and thanks for posting!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Cheryl nice to have you back !!!!

Good looking bird in full breeding plumage !!! Would crop out the very top layer I like the pose with the spread wings and good head angle Excellent !!!

[Harold Davis]

fantastic cheryl!! you had everything working for you here! good to have you back!

[Cheryl Flory]

thanks, everyone!

I was thinking about cropping more off the top, but remember somewhere where Artie said that typically you leave a bit more room at the top than the bottom. I took out a lot of the color in the top, but I agree that it is still distracting.

Al, what distinguishes it as in full breeding plumage?

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Cheryl:

Fabulous photo, think it would go beyond fabulous with the top layer to match the sky.

However, I love it as is and congratulate you.

Looking forward to seeing more beauties.

Uncle Gus :D

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture Cheryl. Excellent background and very sharp. Love the composition.
Regards,

[Lance Peters]

All covered - excellent Cheryl