Caught this snowy egret some time ago on a fly-by. Unfortunately, I shot this in JPEG so post-proceesing is a bit limited.
D200 w 300/4 AF-S and TC-14E
1/800s, f7.1, ISO200, spot-metering
great pose and wing position i think. It does look as though the bird is almost flying away from you though. The bird also looks a little hot on the back of the neck. I absolutely love this background. did you blur it at all?
The background is as shot - one of the few days we actually have cloud cover here in Santa Barbara. Agree on the hot spot on the neck - mistake in post-processing.
Had another go at the processing - there is leeway in the original exposure - the hot neck region is an artifact from carelessness in one of the post-processing steps. Here is an updated version.