Little Egret

[Mital Patel]

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/1600sec @ 280mm
Aperture : f/7.1
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Sept 12 2009, 12:42 pm
Location : Thol bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C welcome

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi Mital, light was not ideal and the whole image feels a little cold to me. But nice detail, pose, comp, BG and DOF. More saturation and as said, color temperature would help here IMO. Congratulations!

[Tony Whitehead]

I like the pose, especially the extended alulas. I agree with Ramon that a bit of colour adjustment may help but would probably limit it to the yellows of the feet and eye which look a little green to me - this may just be a regional variation but I am used to a slightly warmer yellow in this species. Cleaning up the sharp strand at the bottom edge would be good.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the landing pose, sharpness and BG. Adding to the other suggestions, I would remove the single piece of grass in the lower left and give it a bit more room at the top.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful pose and the details look nice. Agree w/ color adj. and a bit more room on top-but very nicely done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice pose and wing position Mital. BG is nice and sharpness is excellent. It appears a but cool on my screen too. Wish for slightly better HA. TFS

[Daniel Belasco]

Excellent shot. Mean look on the Egret.
grass twig on left bottom needed to be cloned away.
Beautiful work.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi Mital,
Light direction is about the only problem I see here. The grass is an easy clone job. :) Nice pose though! :)