White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by Judi:
Stunning!

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by Shaman:
Beautiful. A great capture. Well done.

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by Sonifo:
This rocks.. I like the crop better on the outtake than the winner. I like to see a little space between the border, but my preference isn't usually what others like. He is definitely a cool looking bird.

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by william88:
Congratulations on your blue ribbon!! Excellent shot!

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by Ann:
Really excellent shot! You definitely deserved the blue. Congratulations!

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by sekarmalathy:
Congratulations! Beautiful shot... and an EXCELLENT TITLE :)

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by andrewt:
Congrats!! I knew this would come in as expected. Fantastic shot & I love the fact that your 70-200 gave you too much reach. What a great problem...

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by brownsm:
Fantastic shot. well executed, and perfectly exposed. Congrats on the blue, it is certainly deserved.

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment by Nikolai1024:
Good job Robert!

White Balance
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Comment by MelonMusketeer:
I didn't vote, but did look thru the images for this challenge. I suspected that this was one of your Anhinga Trail shots, because I could see that you were close when you got the shot from the perspective, and I know that the egrets are in mating plumage at this time.
It's appropriate that it's mid winter, and the bird that you chose is a snowy egret. It's about as close to snow as we get down here LOL.
This is the "plume bird" that was hunted to near extinction for feathers for ladies hats last century, but they are getting more common now. I have seen flocks of over 50 of them in the 'Glades.
Big congrats on the blue. Go Nikon!