Cattle Egret

[denise ippolito]

Canon 1D Mark III
500 +1.4 EX
1/640 sec. at f/5.6
ISO 400
Tripod
FF


I went to Gatorland w/ Artie. Thanks to Mike Godwin for his amazing photography program that allows photographers early and late access. I was able to get this Cattle Egret in breeding plumage/backlit.

[Danny J Brown]

Denise - Colors are delicious on this one! Background reminds me of a painting and I can see right through that bill. Love the hairdo as well. Very sweeeeeet.

[Harshad Barve]

terrific image Denise , lovely compo , BG and killer lighting
TFS

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice image with the sweet BG. Love the colors and the back light.

[Randy Stout]

Denise:

Lovely as mentioned above, the backlighting is very striking.

I wonder what just a whisper of fill flash would have done to bring up the eye, add a trace of light to the front. Not enough to change the overall back lit feel, just add a hint of pop to the eye. I suspect you tried a version with flash.

Cheers

Randy

[Gen Benjamin]

Beautiful image, I love how the beak is almost glowing.
Gen

[Troy Lim]

Stunning image. Shows the colors well, BG is nice.

[Ray Rozema]

Stunning image as said I like Randy's idea of a little fill flash

TFS
Ray

[denise ippolito]

Thanks guys, I don't really use flash for birds but I do agree that it was a good option here.:)

[Stu Bowie]

Denise, the backlighting through the crest looks great. Comp works well with just enough space all round.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Stunning image. love the light thru the beak.

[Michael Pancier]

great seeing you guys there yesterday. nice getting this one with a clean background.

[Aidan Briggs]

Hey Denise, It sounds like you are having lots of fun in Florida! I really like the backlight here, and the green BG adds to it. The only thing I might consider doing would be cropping a small slice off the right side.

Looking forward to more Florida images!!

[Grace Scalzo]

Just beautiful! Absolutely love the colors.

[denise ippolito]

Thank you all for the kind comments.
Michael, It was great seeing you at Gatorland too, hope to see you again soon.
Aidan, I considered a crop but since it was FF decided not to-but it could use a slice off the right, good eye. Thanks.:)