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    Default Reddish Egret with white wing feathers

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    Image from the Alafia Banks Bird Sanctuary, near Gibsonton, Fl.
    Day in the field with James Shadle.
    Note the odd white wing feathers.

    1dm3, 300 f/2.8, 1/2000 @ f 5.6, iso 400

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    Mike:

    Fantastic display of his crest. The white wing feathers are interesting. If you look back through my threads, I have a couple of a red with the same white feathers. Mine were from Little Estero.

    The light looks pretty harsh here, but I can still see some details in the white feathers. Generally this is not a great head angle, but the elegant pose and the great crest are real pluses.

    Depending on what your concept is for the image, I might consider a little tighter crop. It would emphasize the bird more. This is a very personal style choice, but might be worth some alternative crops just to see.

    Always fun to go out with James.

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    Mike:

    Just a quick pass at a repost for you. Mid tone adjustment to give a bit more density to the greys, some highlight protection to bring up a bit more detail in the whites, and of course a different crop. I tried to maintain the elegant look here, but show off the bird more.

    The file size was working against me here, and some quality/compression issues are starting to creep in, but I think it shows the concept.

    Just an option to consider. Might be worth a look back at the raw file.

    Post some more if you have them!

    Randy

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    Maybe adding a warming filter or warming the temp at conversion and an inverse curve will help.
    I've seen the bird (actually there were two) at Estero.

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    Good job on the repost by Randy but the harsh, off-angled light are I am afraid fatal in this case.

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