I love the action and the flight pose, Peter. On my screen the egret looks rather grayish-you might play with bringing it up a bit , though you’ll probably have to hold down the brightest areas.
A great composition here, Peter, with legs, feet, wings and everything else neatly placed over the water between the two banks of reeds. You also did really well not to have any of the whites blown out, which happens often with my egret attempts. Well taken.
The adjustment for the WB worked well and made the white’s a tad brighter. The comp and pose are nice and I like the raised feathers and yellow areas on the head. Well done…Jim