Feeding Time

[ArthurDent]

Comments and criticism appreciated.
D7000, Sigma 800mm, 1/640 sec. at f/8, ISO 160.

[Peter Connan]

Great sighting!
However, I don't know if it my screen, but the Egrets seem grey to me?

[Jakov Minić]

You captured a nice moment. I have the same grey hue on my screen.
Have you sharpened the image? The background is somewhat fuzzy and distracting.

[armando_m]

the moment you captured is fantastic

I also see the feathers as grey

[ArthurDent]

Thank you for your comments. I agree it was too dark. I had exposure set at -0.5 stops in the original image. In the image posted immediately below, I've raised it to +0.5 stops. I also burned the beaks and some of the areas that lost detail when I raised the exposure. What do you think? The original image is included for comparison below the revised image.

[ArthurDent]

You captured a nice moment. I have the same grey hue on my screen.
Have you sharpened the image? The background is somewhat fuzzy and distracting.

There is quite a lot of applied sharpening. I think the background fuzziness is due to the long lens. Even at f/8, it doesn't have great depth of field.  Others might know better about that than I. It was my first experience using a really long lens.

[Frank Fremerey]

I love the original edit. it supports the state of alert in the expresion...

[Peter Connan]

Better, but still grey on my screen.