Great White Egret

[Monte Brown]

Great White Egret in wide sweeping turn.

Canon 50D
70-200 2.8 @180
1/4000 f 6.3
ISO 500

[Fabs Forns]

Fantastic pose, but it is underexposed. Did you use any compensation at all?

[Randy Stout]

Monte:

A remarkable pose! I don't think I have ever seen quite this view, and it is great. I agree with Fabs, that it needs a little tweaking on the exposure, try to bring it up a bit. Shadow recovery, after you lighten the entire image slightly, will help bring up the shaded side.

This one is really worth any tweaking needed to maximize it!

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

As mentioned, the pose is superb!! Very well timed :-) Another option would be to keep the BG as is...then generously darken the midtones and blacks on the egret and enhance the highlights that are present on it (in other words, lots of contrast)...could become very dramatic this way (I'll try it when I get home tonight to see if it's feasable).

[Alfred Forns]

I like Daniel's suggestions Should work !! Dramatic pose ... remember to have the camera ready for the unexpected !!!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

There is nothing more to add but the pose you captured here in awesome and you captured this beauty at the perfect moment.. Thanks for sharing Monte.

[Monte Brown]

Fabs,

+1/3 stop for exposure, will lighten the image and remove some shadows and repost.

Monte