# I know your there **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [November 19, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621 "2021-11-19T17:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/1 "2021-11-19T17:45:47Z")
![I know your there.](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/b/cb0a5947de251cb7d1fdb09ac425c54eb80b3c22.jpeg) The Egret’s back side usually doesn’t provide the most flattering of angle too photograph, but in this case I believe the shot work, because of the action. The shot was taken in Essex, Ct on Sept. 13 at 10:30AM. Thank you for stopping by. Peter ### Specific Feedback Requested any ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Canon R5, Canon 100-500mm & 1.3Ext, f9, 454mm, -1.3EV, 1/2000, ISO 500. The shot is cropped by 60% and I lowered the blue saturation in the water in DXO Photo Lab 5. ###### ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/2 "2021-11-19T18:50:12Z")
Really like the water action and the eye looks pretty sharp despite the sheen of water in front of it. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Calohan](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/chris_calohan/32/37448_2.png) [@Chris\_Calohan](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Chris_Calohan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/3 "2021-11-19T18:58:49Z")
Good action but I think you can tone down those tail feathers just a tad. They seem a bit hot in a few spots. I love it when the catch or the stab shows the water splash. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/4 "2021-11-20T16:00:34Z")
HI Allen & Chris Thank you for the comments. I played around with a local control point in DXO Photo Lab 5 and I think this is best I can do with the shot without making the whites look gray. Peter ![_S1A4432_DxO-7](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/b/f/bf4dc9c8a8a143700c3416f4c8a75e5de21c31da.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/5 "2021-11-20T19:29:49Z")
Nice action Peter. The pose works because of the action. Bringing down the whites on the rear end helped as they pulled my eye in the original post. I think you could bring the brightest ones remaining down a bit more and it would work even better. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Zablotny](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_zablotny/32/3919_2.png) [@Jim\_Zablotny](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_Zablotny)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/6 "2021-11-21T20:17:11Z")
Hi Peter, The rework is getting there and the brightest whites can be tweaked some more as Dennis suggested. Awesome action shot with a splash…Jim ---
**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/7 "2021-11-21T21:05:01Z")
Good job on the repost. There is a little more detail on the white plumage. The action is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/i-know-your-there/25621/8 "2021-11-23T05:11:39Z")
Hi every one Thank you all for the comments. There is one more posting, I do not think the whites came be lower more then this. Peter ![_S1A4432_DxO-1](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/7/8/788174e11915332bfc67c27ca864ae0186409b20.jpeg)