Snowy Egret Breeding Display

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4, 1/2500, f/7.1, ISO 400
Full Frame

Photographed a few weeks ago at the Alligator Farm

Looking forward to your comments and critiques!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of Snowy Egret in it's habitat.I like the pose and nicely spread breeding plumage ,great details and BG.

[Colin Knight]

Beautiful! Don't change a thing.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Incredible shot, Mike. loved it. Snowy is my favorite egret...so elegant. great display, the red lores, the feet. Whites look great.

For web presentation, a tighter crop ( 8 X10 proportions) will create more impact I think.

[gail bisson]

Hi Mike,
I love the fanned feathers and the red lores and feet. Excellent exposure as well. I would take a bit off the bottom.
Great BG and nice clear full view despite the greenery. It is so hard to get a good look at these guys feet when they are in the rookery
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

What a terrific shot, the exposure is spot on and the plumage is spectacular, a shot to be proud of.

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

One handsome snowy! Great shake pose, nice BG.

I would also consider a minor trim from the bottom (above your sig).

In a perfect world, would prefer the clump of foliage in the RUC no to be touching his plumes, but unless you were able to move a couple of feet to your right, not much you could do about that.

Cheers

Randy

[Bob Malbon]

Mike, Great capture! I would clone out that branch just left of the head. Bob