Great Egret

[Dave Leroy]

Taken a couple weeks ago in Florence, Oregon.

7D, 700mm, 1/500, f/7.1, ISO400, Manual, tripod

[Randy Stout]

Dave:

The dark blue/green water works well here, good pose, head angle.

The reflection is fairly soft, but with this pose, I don't think cropping up from below works well.

I might consider a mild crop from right, about 25% of the free space.

Cheers

Randy

[Louie Champan]

Very nice shot, like the contrast between the Egret and the water, the reflection tops off this image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Lovely image. Great hunting pose and trailing ripples behind. Techs look good with excellent whites on the dark BG. The BG does seem to suffer from subtle jpeg compression though?

[Dave Leroy]

Thanks Guys

Daniel I think you are right. After quick check of the compressed jpeg and tiif file there does appear to be something going on. I work on a lap top with somewhat wonky eyes so had to look at 250%. It seems to be where the shadow tones change a bit.

You've got pretty good eyes. Thanks.

[Josh Clark]

The darkness of the BG really makes this guy stand out. Love the stalking pose, what time of day was this taken at?

[Dave Leroy]

Hi Josh,

Shot was taken 4.40 pm on a falling tide.

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Dave, lovely shot. Agree with Randy about the crop.
And Daniel, you've got real good eyes, many wouldn't have noticed what you did!

[James Salywoda]

Gorgeous! I love the low angle and gorgeous reflection and details...