Snowy Egret

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk II, 500mm f/4L, 1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 800
About 70% of Full Frame

Photographed earlier this month at Little Estero Lagoon.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques !

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice pose and light, Mike. I like that the face is clear of the wave in the background and the out of focus foreground is attractive to me. Raised foot is a bonus :)

[Jim Poor]

I like the toes just tickling the water. You did well not to have any of the bands of color transition passing right through the head or neck.

There are some areas in the whites where the red channel is completely blown (registers 255). You could try to desaturate the reds a touch or do a channel mixer for G & B to output to red.

[Jeroen Stel]

Great light and clarity!
Love the low angle and raised foot!

Well done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi Mike,
I could go for a bit more headturn towards the camera but the rest looks sublime! the low angle, raised foot and beautiful light makes this really special! Very well done!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great compo,light,colors and angle!!!

[Jody Melanson]

Love this Mike! Great low angle, beautiful colours and light, the raised foot in icing on the cake. :)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, light, details and the raised foot adds to it. The eye contact is good enough for me.