# Little egret HighKey **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [November 16, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769 "2025-11-16T17:55:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Balan\_Vinod](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Balan\_Vinod](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Balan_Vinod)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769/1 "2025-11-16T17:55:52Z")
![_MG_5177.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/8/9/89a9e8b87a5f63576aeae9c611f4c2b162c85555.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description Was shooting against the light, and that made this a high key image of the little egret ### Specific Feedback any feedback is welcome ### Technical Details 6D2, 400mm @f 11 * * * ### Critique Template Use of the template is optional, but it can help spark ideas. Vision and Purpose: Conceptual: Emotional Impact and Mood: Composition: Balance and Visual Weight: Depth and Dimension: Color: Lighting: Processing: Technical: ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769/2 "2025-11-16T19:58:47Z")
This has a Fine Art feel, Balan. I like the lone plant and that the egret is looking at it. For me, the plant elevates the image. Maybe increase the shadow detail on the egret’s underside? ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769/3 "2025-11-16T20:42:38Z")
I love the artistic feel of this image as noted by @Allen_Brooks above, Balan. The highly rippled reflection adds significantly to that feel for me. It may be my monitor or my eyes, but it appears to me that the shadows have a slight magenta cast and I could see bringing them up just a tiny bit as well. The pose of the egret adds a lot to this image as well. Even though I’m sure its attention is on something completely different, it seems to be contemplating the plant raptly. ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769/4 "2025-11-16T22:53:24Z")
HI Balan, another nod to the artistic look of this image and inclusion of the plant. The black swirls add a bit of an abstract feel that I find appealing. The lone black blob at lower center could probably go if you don’t mind that kind of edit. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769/5 "2025-11-17T00:03:57Z")
Balan, it could look good as a square crop and even a B and W conversion. But I like it as is, especially those ripples in the top half. Maybe remove the small ripple along the lower edge? Great to see you posting again! ---
**Author:** ![Youssef\_Ismail](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/youssef_ismail/32/486_2.png) [@Youssef\_Ismail](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Youssef_Ismail)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769/6 "2025-11-17T04:13:17Z")
Balan, I rarely comment on Avian photographs because I almost never photograph a bird, and usually its because it just so happens to be in my landscape. But when a photo works on all levels it just works and this one WORKS! It is so evocative, the pensive moment as if the egret sees something and is about to pounce on it, the wisp of the neck feathers blowing opposite the head adds a dynamic element as well as the tiny ripples around the back leg. Then the minimalist feel by having just the one spring of a plant countered by what appears to be the top edge of a rock opposing it but also serving as a containment of the egret, as if it had not other choice but to go in between the two elements.. Then the BG dark ripples suggesting the plane of the water topped off by the surreal reflection of the egret itself in that plane suggests the remarkable and almost unbelievable nature of nature itself. Then again, maybe I am reading to much into this photograph and its just a high key image of a bird in the water. No matter - well done! ---
**Author:** ![Balan\_Vinod](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Balan\_Vinod](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Balan_Vinod)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/little-egret-highkey/48769/7 "2025-11-17T16:03:10Z")
Many thanks to each one of you for the comments ..am a macro person really and venturing out to bird photography just because i go a 400 f 5.6 .. a used lens Balan Vinod