Great Egret early morning

[Jay Sheinfield]

I got a bit muddy doing this one.........

D3s
840mm
ISO 400
1/1250 sec @ f5.6

[Jay Sheinfield]

A bit of shadow work

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jay,Good view of an egret in habitat with soft light.
I could take or leave the reflection with the image looking good as a pano.
To my eye it might need some CW rotation...

[Jay Sheinfield]

Dave,

Thanks...........again, helpful feedback.
Here it is with CW rotation and (quick clone) no reflection (may have been distracting).

Jay

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jay, I like it. Your eye zeros right in on the egret. You could probably still take off about half the blurry foreground. Good repost...

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jay - agree with Dave - would crop at lot from the bottom - will accentuate the feeling of forward movement.
Looking forward to seeing more :)

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely looking shot. I really like the nice habitat and early morning feel to the photo.
If mine, I would try a crop from bottom up just below the clump of in focus green grass under the bird's feet, right where the in focus starts.
Really nice wing position.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Dave,

Thanks............maybe it was worth getting dirty.
I will try the crop.

Jay