White Egret?

[scurvydog]

I came across this little guy on a telephone pole alongside an abandoned rail track. Not sure if it is a heron or an egret?

75-300mm @300, 1/4000, f8 iso 200

[Scottes]

Egret, probably a Snowy. I think.

Pretty nice shot, though a little dark - which is a good way to shoot egrets, but it's also good to brighten them in post processing.

The background looks a bit noisy for ISO 200. Is this cropped or is it the compression that's making it look noisy?

[robertwgross]

I agree with Scottes, a Snowy Egret. Yellow feet and a black bill.

If it is larger, but with a yellow bill and black feet, then it is a Great White Egret.

---Bob Gross---

[CyberDyneSystems]

... or a Great Egret if your counting... ;) The "white" is redundant :lol:

Nice shot of the Snowy,. a great shot indeed. I'd crop a little off the sides of the image and try some levels and color tweeks and frame it :)

[LazyPhotographer]

Nice catch.... Snowy Egret, coz he's got little yellow snow boots on. ;-)

[scurvydog]

Wow! Thank you everyone for your comments, I can't wait to post another picture. Scottes, you are right, this picture was cropped and I did a few other things in Elements II. I really need to learn a lot about my post pic processing so I don't make the pics worse.

thanks again, scurvydog