A Hair Raising Experience

[Richard Waas]

I have no idea what kind of bird this is, but it was so cute with it's hair all up and electrified. Photographed with my Canon 50D. ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, 400mm (640mm), Evaluative Metering, Auto Exposure, Manual WB, No Flash. Comments Welcome.

[Ray Rozema]

Great color and detail in the beak and the eye. there is loss of detail in the feathers some of which appears to be because too hot. there are areas in the crown that are soft, which is puzzling. It is a cattle egret. Beautiful image

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Mr. Waas,
I like the close up capture...you have a good head angle and sharp eye...there is something funky going on in the top feathers, they display as being dabbed with lack of details...your whites in several portions of the subject are running on the hot side, suggest on toning them down a tad...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Nick Palmieri]

Great bird. Agree with others comments. I think the BG could use another round of sharpening.

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

Have to agree with the other comments, he does have a funky style going on, like it, great job with the close up:)

[Richard Waas]

I agree with the comments except for the background sharpening. I wanted the BG to be as unobtrusive as possible.

[Alfred Forns]

Agree with comments would go back to the raw and process again

Crop wise I always have trouble with centering the eye btw its a cattle egret in full breeding plumage Its the bird you commonly see hanging around bus stops around town !!!!

[Jeni Williams]

Love the colours and funky style. I am wondering if you ran NR over the whole image? Agree with you re bg - also wouldn't sharpen it.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Richard,

Maybe a repost is needed here, something weird about sharpening and potential hot spots.

[Fabs Forns]

Richard, it's a Cattle Egret in breeding plumage. Did you do some cloning under the crest? Whites look very pasty there.

[Richard Waas]

I didn't do anything to the bird. I discussed this with Gus, have no idea what happened. The only work was done to the background. I'll try another image I took.

[Harold Davis]

i like the cool hairdo and the breeding colors. i aint beating a dead horse about the other stuff. hope you figure it out!

[Nick Palmieri]

Must have been sleeping this morning, I meant another round of NR in the BG, not sharpening. Daaa....

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Richard, really like the capture. It is puzzling though as to what happened to the detail in the feathers. I just love the pose and the wild hairdo!