Cattle Egret

[Phil Ertel]

This image of a Cattle Egret in breeding colors was created on June 6th, 2010 during a Robert Amoruso workshop at Gatorland at approximately 9:30 am.

Thanks for looking and of course any critiques.

Camera: 50D
Lens: EF70-200mm F2.8 IS USM +1.4x
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Evaluative
f-stop: 4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/1600
ISO: 400
Subject Distance: 7.9 m
Flash did not fire.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the setting, eye contact, calling pose and breeding plumage. The image would benefit from more sharpening of the bird and NR on the BG.

[Cory Bucher]

I agree on the sharpening but otherwise great image.

[Phil Ertel]

Wow, not sure what I did but the image I thought that I had saved looked sharper and and had less noise than this (hopefully it wasn't my imagination):confused:. I obviously didn't do something correctly:( I will have to rework this one. Thanks for taking the time to comment Axel and Cory.

[Troy Lim]

Nice behavior shot. Also the white around the face looks a bit hot.

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent calling pose and agreed with Axel here
TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Agreed about NR and a bit more sharpening. But the pose and overall comp are great! Well done. :)