Not a Reddish Egret (sigh)

[Mike Tracy]

Went back to Merritt Island this evening in search of a Reddish Egret who is my nemesis. Couldn't find him so instead of coming home empty handed I grabbed this Pintail. I sort of liked the hunkered down look and stare.

MKIII, EF 500 @1.4x, 1/320, f/6.3, ISO 320

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, water colors and look-back pose and would tone down the highlights. Good luck finding a reddish egret.

[denise ippolito]

The water color is great, nice HA and pose.

[Ramon M. Casares]

The head turn make this one work for me, the light and water are exquisit, in my pc some whites seem a bit hot. Congratulaitons!

[Mike Lentz]

The light is good and the highlights being a bit hot have been mentioned.

[Mike Tracy]

Thanks for the suggestions. I hope I correctly corrected the highlights in the repost or did I overdo it ?

The process you would use would be of use if you have the time to share.

Thanks.

[Juan Aragonés]

Too bad that you didn´t find that red egret. Fortunately you returned home with a nice image of one of my favourite ducks species ;-)
The angle is very good and I like the warm quality of the light. I would prefer the bird more paralel to the focal plane but you did it well waiting for a good head turn and that saves the image IMO.
I agree about the whites