Great Egret With Fish and Woman

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Everyone,
This was taken at Little Estero Lagoon last November in bright light. I felt that this
gave the image the feeling of a mirage - especially with the OOF figure in the BG
1D3 300 f/2.8
ISO 320
f/4 1/1600
Exp comp +2
Cropped for comp and lightened the bird a little.
Look forward to your C & C's.
Warm regards to all,
Nicki

[Randy Stout]

Nicki:

Absolutely makes me think of a mirage.
The woman is blurry enough that she doesn't detract from the bird, but does add depth to the image and a bit of mystery too.

Well done.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

It's a cracker!! love it! When I saw the thumb nail I wondered what on earth you had been up to! :eek: I think it is really good and I agree entirely with Randy's observations

[Brendan Dozier]

Very nice Nicki, and good job managing with the bright light.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Randy, Jon and Brendan, thanks so much - I'm glad that you enjoyed the image!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Loved the low angle the high key here. Cleverly composed with the body of the egret above the horizon line. Black legs add nice contrast.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Nicki; I'm glad to see you back. I really like the image, but most of all the background figure, OOF with just enough detail to make it recognizable as a person. Very cool. regards~Bill

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Thank you Kaustubh and Bill

[Cory Bucher]

WOW, love the back lit sky and the woman's clothing adds a nice contrast between everything. TFS

[Chris Korman]

When I first saw the image I said wow.

Nice high key lighting! and the composition reminds me of something out of one of those magazines like National Geographic.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Nicki, I thought I would revisit your image to see how others saw it, and am surprised that my comment has dissapeared.:2 I posted right after Randy. Oh well, here I go again. I really like the different shades of whites, and the yellow of the egrets bill, stands out nicely. Looking at the beach, I thought this needed a CCW rotation, but looking at your horizon, this is level. Well captured.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Cory, Chris and Stu - thanks so much!
Stu - I hate it when my messages go missing :eek: