Great White Egret taking off over a duckweed-filled pond. There were actually 9 egrets in and around the pond; I happened to be in the right spot when this one took off. Love the shadow on the very green pond vegetation so I kept a wider crop than I otherwise would haved used. Bit blown out on the neck exposure; for once I wish I had limited the ISO more.
PP - tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), merged at 10% transparency in luminosity mode, cropped, white balance, shifted greens greener, slight vignette, dodged/burnt bird bits and desaturated spots, increased saturation on bill, colored/cloned out some bright leaves, softened shadow edges on bird, resized, sharpened, added border.
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Great details in this shot, especially in mid day sun (seems like it would have been easy to blow out the details in the wings). I love the shadow on the mucky water.
nice capture - well done to get the details in teh feathers - i just am not sure about the purple spot on his neck as if it could be an artifact from some burning in processing
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