Egret breeding plumage

[Mrudul Godbole]

Median Egret. Scientific name Egretta intermedia.Took this photograph at Ranganathtittu last month.

Canon 50D, 100-400mm L IS USM, ISO 200, f5.6

comments and critiques welcome..

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Brilliant composure.

I guess the light was good and the SS was quite high as well for the sharpness is great.

Beautiful image

regards
Rajan

[Sagar Patil]

Great beautiful shot Mrudul.

Furs plumage and Eye are fetching all the attention.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The breeding plumage looks nice. The fellow in the background doesn't distract. However, the branch behind the beak becomes prominent because of the other bird.

The exif says you used 250 mm and shutter speed 1/640 seconds. I am still thinking whether a shorter focal length would be better.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Mrudul,
Lovely shot... The red eyes are looking great. Agree with sabyasachi about zooming out a bit...

[Rahul Parekh]

My...My...Mrudul...This is excellent capture. leaves at FG complements the plumage :)

[Kiran Ghadge]

Lovely shot Mrudul....the red eye looks amazing.. just wondering if you could pull back highlights little bit...also some space would have better....otherwise gr8 image

[Mrudul Godbole]

Thanks all for the comments.

I agree a bit more space would have been better. I was shooting from the boat and it was quite near the bird, so with my 100-400 lens, I was not able to zoom out further and it was quite difficult to focus with the boat moving. Just managed :).

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

I quite like the inclusion of the other bird in the bg, which is facing the opposite direction. Gives an idea about the bird's gregarious habits. Agree about the space, otherwise an attention grabbing image.