I took this one yesterday in the 1904 Aviary of the St. Louis Zoo. 100-400 lens @ 350mm, f/5.6@1/1000. Processed the RAW file in LR; brought it into PS, applied a bit of a curve for tone, and then used PB->Oil Paint for the effect. Final touch was applied using NIK Color Efex->Tonal Contrast on a layer with 18% opacity. I spent a good bit of time shooting portraits of this egret in several poses...some with the neck slightly extended, looking down...this was the pose I settled on.