Reddish Egret White Morph

[Garry Gibson]

I took this shot at Viera last week. The background is obviously very busy.
I did a mask of the bird and then a blur of the background. The leg is not as
focused as the body and head.
I have more canvas, but was trying to minimize the busy background so cropped
a little tighter.

Taken with
Mark1 DSII
100-400L at 400MM
ISO 400
F6.3
1/2500

Auto contrast and sharpening of the bird.

[Alfred Forns]

Looks like an immature little blue heron !!!

I like the striking pose and raised foot Wish for more room around the bird and light coming from over your shoulder for lighting up the bird !!! Neat juvi !!!

[Garry Gibson]

Alfred, you may be right on it being a little blue. Here is another shot of the bird
from a different angle.

Could you tell me how you tell the difference?
thanks in advance
Garry

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Gary the big give away are the legs .. yellow !! Body shape is a little different also That bird should be getting his adult plumage at any time now !!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gary - agree with AL - a little tight all the way around, neat bird and he sure is concentrating on catching a meal.
BG doesn't bother me so much shows the habitat and adds to the story.
:)