HMWYBS - In-camera...Alone and Palely Loitering

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Everyone,
Time for just one more :D
This is one from a couple of years ago, taken at Ding Darling. It is pretty much straight from the camera and the composition was a deliberate choice - probably a bit OOTBish for Avian;)
400 D 100-400 @ 260mm
ISO 200
f/16 1/200
Exp comp @ -1/3
Bonus points for anyone who knows the poem from which the title of the image is taken - and no googling!!!:D:D
Look forward to your C & C's.
Best to all,
Nicki

[Kerry Perkins]

Nicki, nice reference to xxxxx! I didn't know the name of the poem, so I won't blow that for whoever gets it right. :cool: I like your centered composition and think it works really well for this image. I love the way the egret is wrapped around the post. Very nice! I might go after the reflections in the upper left and is that a feather in the opposite corner?

[denise ippolito]

Nicki, A unique comp. I like the moment captured and the soft BG colors. I agree w/ Kerry regarding the reflection in the ULC. I might try to pull out a bit more detail from the whites. This is a neat image Nicki. I must admit I have no clue about the title:confused:??

[Paul Lagasi]

I Googled, so I am out of the running but surprisingly my Wife knew it....Poetry not one of my stronger subjects ...I really like the image as is, the color, the details of both bird and post but I would have tried it as a vertical crop also..well done

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Kerry, Denise and Paul, thanks so much, your comments are much appreciated. Paul, your wife gets the bonus points 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' by John Keats is the reference I was looking for :D