Cattle egret with nesting material.

[Sid Garige]

D300 200-400mm VR handheld
F4 1/1000
ISO 640

[Randy Stout]

Sid:

Lovely soft light, great wing position, heck of a stick.

Exposure looks good, maybe close to the edge on a few pixels on the back of the neck, shoulder area.

I might be tempted to remove the small piece of vegetation sticking up in the lower left hand corner.

I might consider a little more blur of the foliage on the right.

Nice breeding colors here.

Thanks for sharing!

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool capture, the stick and soft light make this one for me. I would remove the single leaf in the lower left and sharpen the bird more.

[Stu Bowie]

Is this guy building a log cabin Sid. Lovely breeding colours, and he is really white. Nit in LLC covered.

[Fabs Forns]

He is remodeling for sure. Agree on the head being a bit soft and it is unfortunate the nice perch is merging with something on both ends. By your techs, I gather there was not too much light.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Bromeliad included!

Ditto about the sharpening and lower leaf. A moody image.

[Marina Scarr]

Hi Sid: I really like how the twig is probably almost as heavy as the bird itself. Their behavior is just fascinating. I think the bird needs some more sharpening, especially the head. Love the extended feet and wings. Hope to see you again soon!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great posture and exposure! Would like it a bit sharper?

[Dave Barnes]

It also looks a bit soft to me and you seem to have lost a bit of feather detail? Did you run a noise reduction on the bird?