Egret Pair

[Jay Sheinfield]

D3s
1/320sec@f 7
ISO 400
1000mm

Should have bumped up ISO
Cloned of few twigs in the way
Overall image cropped

Comments always welcome

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jay, Good view of a pair in even light. Good exposure which brought out detail in the feathers. Backround appears well muted but for my taste I would crop a bit off the top...

[Ann Fiske]

Jay,
Nice capture of two! Like the steppin' in sync. Dave covered most everything.:)

ann

[arash_hazeghi]

In addition to above I would sharpen the birds more, they look a bit soft.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Hi Folks.......

Thanks for the kind words and suggestions............Jay

[Lance Peters]

hi jay
like the raised foot on both birds.
agree with you about the Iso shutter speed a little slow for the focal length - IMHO nothing better than thevd3S
for high iso.
nice detail in the whites - could use some more sharpening though.
doing well.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice composition.
Interesting how the colours are different on each bird.

I like the idea of a bit off top also.

Nicely done.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Lance,

Thanks.........I sold my D700 for the D3s, I continue to be impressed.

Jay

[Harold Davis]

i agree with the sharpening and crop suggestions. i like that you got two different birds. i never noticed the color differences. i assume one is male and the other female? male in the front?

[Jay Sheinfield]

Harold,

That's what I assume...........the male being the orange colored.

Thanks,

J

[Alfred Forns]

Good looking pair Jay Agree with suggestions particularly raising your ISO !!! Like the similar leg poses .. can only imagine both in clean water !!! btw for this I would not do any stick removal, just enjoy the image !!

[Jay Sheinfield]

Alfred,

Thanks................I actually had already done some stick removal, the male had one a little too close to his
tail feathers ;).

Jay