The grey Beauty

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Recently have been to Sewri to capture the Flaming beauties...and had a great encounter with a bunch of Northern Reef egret, i guess, Here is one of the shots.

EXIF:
Canon EOS 550D
Canon 55-250 IS
F/5.6
Exposure: 1/1600Sec
ISO 200
-0.3step

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Beautiful image. Nice eye contact. Alert pose.
It appears to me to be Western Reef-Egret (Egretta gularis) in breeding plumage. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice eye contact. Is the AF point on the body? You could have used a narrower aperture. Was this clicked from a car? A lower angle would have been good (maybe you could have tried squatting, I know the ground looks muddy :)). Slight more brightness would be good. Thanks for sharing.

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Well this was taken from a small sized vessel(Small ship), getting down wasnt an option as few ppl tried and it turned out to be knee deep marsh, almost like quicksand, I was almost horizontal on the ground surface of vessel :)
I actually was searching for any form of opening at lower level of the vessel, but it was undergoing some deconstruction, so cudnt risk any more.
I went for F/8 as few other snaps with F/5.6 turned out to be not so sharp. I guess the AF point was on body.
Thanks for the ID help Saktipada Sir and your valuable feedback/Critics Mrudul Madam :)

[Mrudul Godbole]

Oh, didn't know it would be knee deep marshy land :(. The way the egret is standing with ease, shows how light these birds are. Good that you went for the lowest angle possible.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this bird. Were you shooting through the glass? How much of a crop is this? Some more details on the bird would have been great. Thanks for sharing.

[Prajwal J Ullal]

No, I was taking it from the deck of the vessel. Its a small crop, as the bird wasn't too far off from me.
I guess there were 4 to 5 of them at the mudflats and the most interesting part was the agility of the bird, it would jump, fly chase almost like a hyperactive kid.