New Years Day Egret

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Great Egret 64.jpg
Great Egret 64.jpg3240×2160 2.87 MB

Great Egret 66.jpg
Great Egret 66.jpg3240×2160 2.37 MB

Great Egret 67.jpg
Great Egret 67.jpg2160×2160 1.7 MB

Great Egret 65.jpg
Great Egret 65.jpg2879×2160 2.44 MB

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Description

Saw this great egret yesterday at the neighborhood lake. He/she took flight and then landed right on the dock for a close up session.

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Any preference of backgrounds in the close up shots?

Technical Details

Canon R7, 200-800mm, hand held
ISO 4000, f9, 1/1600s

Processed in DXO PureRaw 4 and Photoshop.

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2

Allen, I prefer the cleaner BG of the first shot - but I love the pose of the 3rd. A great way to start the year!

3

All are excellent, Allen. That’s one sweet lens they came up with. Detail is excellent in all the images and you did a great job on the whites. The third is definitely my favorite. I’ve always loved grooming poses, especially if there’s an eye visible.

4

Really like the third one with the sense of action being present and excellent detail as well. I do prefer the green background.

5

Allen, all are nice images! Whites are perfect, and great detail.
I prefer #3 because of the pose, and think the BG is fine, although it might be darkened a bit.
Fine work!

6

Hi Allen
Nice group of head shots.
Peter

7

Lovely series - I would try to pull out more details in the whites by decreasing exposure / whites and dehazing a little