Great Egret on a Windy Day

Image Critiques
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It messes with my hairdo

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But look how it shows off my plumes

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And the softness of my feathers

Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

I can’t even remember now why I was looking at early 2014, but this series was from a windy, rather rainy January day at a southern Washington wildlife refuge. I believe I posted one image of this egret at that time, but looking though them, I was pleased with the variety of poses and angles it gave me and the breeding plumage helped a lot.

Specific Feedback

I’d be interested in which of these people prefer and why. Any other feedback is more than welcome.

Technical Details

I believe the settings were the same for all of these, though I didn’t check. Canon 1Div, EF 500 f/4 L + 1.4 TC on beanbag, f/5.6, 1/1600, iso 640. Taken around 11:30 a.m. on January 11th, 2014.

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All fine images Dennis with interesting feather aspects and poses. The third is my favorite. I just like the composition seeing the bird in that broken water environment so well, the head turn, and trailing feathers. Well done on each.

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Hi Dennis
A great series of photographs. I am going with the first photograph only because it is the shot I am looking for every time I see a Great Egret. These photographs stand up to anything shot to day.
Peter

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All very nice looks at the egret, Dennis. Whites look great. I guess I’d go with the third for the pose and water.

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I find I definitely like the third image “But look how it shows off my plumes.”. I always look for the eye looking at me and this one is very sharp. I also like the pose and the fact that you can see the breeding plumage and almost the entire body of the bird. All the images are certainly well done, however.

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What a super series. The third is favourite. I love the pose. Background in all the images is very pleasing.

I might be the odd one out here, but I feel the whites are a just little bright?

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The whites might be pushing it after conversion to jpeg, Glennie. I did make sure they weren’t blown when I processed them and I could see texture throughout the bird.

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Dennis, these are wonderful takes of this Egret. I’d be hard pressed to pick my fav here as each has it’s own look, feel, and personality if you will… :star_struck:
I could buy in on the thoughts mentioned about the intensity of the whites by @Glenys_Passier , but find for my monitor viewing it has a gamma intensity maybe in Exposure command. Regardless, any adjustment in that arena might be for better viewing on-line. No nits whatsoever just thoughts on the viewing intensity factor… :thinking: