The Feeding

[Kurt Bowman]

I am new to this forum and wanted to say hello and I look forward to learnig more from all of you and your critiques. I took this shot this spring aat a local lake. We had an unusually high number of nesting Snowy Egrets.

Canon 50D
300mm f/4 w/1.4 tc
handheld

Thanks,
Kurt

[Gavin Spooner]

Kurt;

Welcome and what an entrance. Nice exposure and action and clean background. IMHO the image would be killer if there was a little better eye contact on the parent but I'd be happy enough with the action you've caught.

Cheers
Gavin

[Harshad Barve]

Kurt ,
Big welcome to BPN and one beautiful image to start with
Keep them posting
TFS

[Steve Canuel]

I like the soft whites and shadows on the wings. A little more visibility of the parent bird's eye would've been nice.

[Rosl Roessner]

Welcome to the Forum, Kurt!
I am sure, you will enjoy it and get some good ideas and much response to your images.
This is a great picture to start here. Clean BG, intreseting behaviour, good Exposure and details.
Well done!
Rose

[Ed Cordes]

Another big welcome, Kurt. This is a very strong image. The action is super. I agree about wishing the parent's eye were more visible. I also wonder if a tad brighter would make it pop more without ruining the whites?

[Anand Kavalapara]

Agree with Ed on making pushing the highlights a bit. But a great shot anyway and the clean background helps.

[Bill Dix]

Kurt: Great behavior shot, nicely composed and exposed. Welcome and well done!