New Project: Feathers, Great Egret

[Fabs Forns]

Let's welcome the August project, suggested by Avian mod Juan Aragones, who has great work in feathers in even published a very interesting article about them. He's coming back from his holiday in Portugal, so hope he can chime in.
Captured in St. Augustine Alligator Farm and cropped to highlight the feathers.

Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens (mm): 340
ISO: 800
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/1250

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This works really well for the new project, thanks for starting it. The composition, breeding plumage and eye contact make this one for me.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent Fabs, like this one a lot, breeding colors and a nice display

[Bill Dix]

Great way to kick off the project. It'll be tough to top this one. Beautiful image.

[Caroline Darmo]

Gorgeous work Fabs! The delicate feathers, comp and light make this a stunning image.

[Harshad Barve]

Stunningly beautiful image
TFS

[Bruce Enns]

Gorgeous image Fabs! Love the comp and colours...and of course those plumes! You've certainly kicked off feather month with a bang!

Cheers!
Bruce

[Chris Kotze]

Beautiful colours, feather detail and super comp.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Love it!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Fabs, this is brilliant. Well seen and executed. Design is very beautiful. Great stuff from you as always.

from wikipedia: The word "egret" comes from the French word "aigrette" that means both "silver heron" and "brush," referring to the long filamentous feathers that seem to cascade down an egret's back during the breeding season.