Cattle Egret into the sunset

[Morkel Erasmus]

Hi everyone! Sorry for not being as active as usual, had a hectic few weeks at work and my wife is writing exams so time for viewing and commenting is limited :)

Went out for the first time in a long while the other day (it's been raining non-stop ever since so I'm glad I did) to our local pond.

The cattle egrets are in breeding plumage again and have returned to the area.

Techs:
Canon 1000D with 100-400mm L IS USM @ 210mm
f5.6 @ 1/640 SS @ ISO-400
Exp +0.3
toned down some blue in the shaded whites of the bird

[Fabs Forns]

Great wing position and soft light, BG not bad either. Does the purple in the lore get as bright as it does here?

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice and sharp, Morkel. Glancing light showing the texture of the near primaries well. BG nicely blurred. Might darken down the pale horizontal line in the dark area lower left.

[Dave Blinder]

Great comp and eye contact Morkel. I wouldn't mind a higher shutter speed to minimize the wing blur.

[arash_hazeghi]

Great Morkel, well done

[Joe Senzatimore]

I like the wing blur as it gives the feeling of some motion. Nice job on exposure and comp.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Birds pops quite nicely against the BG. Good exposure, and quite sharp as posted. I like the wing position. Very well done Morkel!

P.S. Good call on toning down those blues...

[Stu Bowie]

Well exposed Mork, and a good flying posture too. Overall sharp, and certainly does pop from the BG nicely. Well captured.

[Kiran Poonacha]

nicely done Bhai, nice pose, comp and the Bg works well, congrats..

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks for the kind comments everyone!!

[David Fletcher]

Very nicely done Morkel! Neat and sharp, with good selection of ss. Excellent details and pops nicely from the bg. Pretty neat!