Morning Egret Takeoff

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Description

I spotted this fine looking great egret as it was taking off. This was my favorite of the sequence.

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Cropping? Exposure? Anything?

Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, hand held, 1/3200th, f 9.0, 840mm, ISO 3600, cropped to 4401 x 3040

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Good frozen action here and the light is pretty special. Yes it lights everything nicely, but especially highlights the wings and there’s a nice rim around the head and neck. Too bad it’s facing away though. We can’t control that, I know, but darn. You also might tone the foreground down just a bit since it’s very bright and has enough detail to be a focus of attention.

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Pretty much clone what @Kris said on this one, Dave. I like the wing position and the trailing water a lot.

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Nice take off shot with the water action and wing position. Nice job on the white wings. Maybe a tad more room for the egret to fly into?