Nicely captured, well timed. Nice display of primaries. Nice sharpness.
I wish there was a little more space below, since that is the direction he is heading.
You might try pulling in the highlight slider a bit from the right end in levels and curves, as the brightest white is around 238. I tried it, and it does add just a bit to the whites, without losing the early morning feel.
I might also try a bit of shadow protection to bring up the soft shadows a bit more.
It works really good, perhaps additional room at the bottom would improve the composition. Superb background and sweet morning light. Great egrets are really shy in Spain and I can´t picture to myself photographing one of them at 202mm focal lenght :D
I think its a wonderful shot, especially with the background you have. I kind of like the border too, but I know some people don't. I think that is a preference thing.
Thanks everyone. I wish I had a little more space at the bottom, but this is how I took it. I was actually glad that I got its feet in the frame... : ) There's no cropping at the bottom or the sides. I slightly cropped the top just enough to fit a 7x5.
Aidan, I agree the border doesn't look well on the light blue background of the forum. I thought it looked less distracting on flickr as it's white on white with just a thin black border (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/...03fe1876_o.jpg).
Thank you all for the good advise!
Laura
Last edited by Laura Pipkin; 08-30-2009 at 10:09 PM.