Breeding Egret in Habitat

[Milt Berko]

I was taken by this breeding Great Egret sitting near its nest, surveying the scene with a window in the foliage behind. Taken late in the day.

Olympus E-30
70-300mm lens
EC-14 TC
ISO 400
1/320
f/7.9
Aperture Priority
EV -0.30
425mm

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the pose, habitat and display of feathers, well done! but the image is soft and noisy.

TFS

[Lance Peters]

Hi Milt - like the display and the pose. Feels a tad tight at the bottom - some additional sharpening to the bird and some NR on the BG will help.
The whites on the back and the top of the head are blown (no detail) might be able to recover with a linear burn layer - or reconvert from your RAW file.
Dont know if the olympus has the ability to turn on overexposure warnings - so you can see at a glance if anything is over.
Keep em coming :)

[Bob Miller]

Hi Milt...You have captured an excellent pose here but the image needs some technical improvements as noted above. I especially like the slayed feathers and the framing of the bushes. I look forward to your next post!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Milt, Arash and Lance have excellent comments.However, I do like the way the image is framed with the OOf backround. The wing display enhances the pose greatly.

[Peter Farrell]

I agree with comments above, but you have captured a really great pose and i like the way the bird is framed by the foliage.
Peter

[Alfred Forns]

Fully agree with comments !!!

Great feel overall and one difficult image to make. Have found very few keepers in egrets displaying !! I like this one a lot and just with it was mine :)