I captured this close up image of a Great Egret in breeding colors at the rookery in alligator breeding pond at Gatorland, Orlando, Florida. Only for a short time are their lores and eye colored like this. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 800 WB set with eyedropper tool. camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation
P.S. Learn more about Gatorland and photography there in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-wrote. It is available on the Birds As Art Online Store.