Great Egret Beak'on of Color
by progersct

Comment by dadas115:
This is the kind of picture that I love to take. You must have a pretty long lens to get one this close. The focus looks a tad soft to me, I am guessing you might have hand-held the camera when you were taking it. It would be nice if you could have made the picture a little bigger (like 640x480 resolution) so we could see more detail. The orange really stands out due to the lack of color in the rest of the photograph. You might try boosting up the saturation a little and adding a bit of contrast. I have found that upping the contrast can sometimes make a slightly un-sharp picture look sharper. As far as composition goes I would like it better if the crop wasn’t so tight. As it is right now the picture “feels” somewhat cramped. I especially find the way the beak is touching the edge of the picture disturbing. I think you have a great start here and with a few minor modifications you could really have a high-quality picture here. I am giving this one a 5.

Greg

Great Egret Beak'on of Color
by progersct

Comment by ChrisW123:
Picture is a little small.

Great Egret Beak'on of Color
by progersct

Comment by Damitriel:
The crop is much too thight.

Great Egret Beak'on of Color
by progersct

Comment by sherryk471:
Well done. I like the softness of the bird and the hard focus of the colorful beak.Crop is alittle tight to me IMHO but the overall photo is wonderful.

Great Egret Beak'on of Color
by progersct

Comment by GreggeN:
This pic is very, very smalll...