Talk About Being in the Right Spot...

[Second Hand Pat]

Pat that is a bit strange. I would say a Little Egret but without yellow feet, which can happen. The beak has a funny curve and the blue wing tips are odd.
The other possibility is a white morph of a Reddish Egret.
You can post the pic on FB "Can you ID this bird"; location of shot and even your guess.

Stan, I posted it in the North American Bird Photography group on FB so we will see if anyone knows. Al is a birder so why I asked him.
Pat

[Discus-n00b]

I would of guessed the same as Stan, but everything about this bird is throwing me off on the ID LOL weird. Pretty bird though.

Did you brush that bird with anything in post Pat? The edges look weird to me, some spots looks like it was photoshopped/sharpened on top of a water background others it's really soft like a blur tool was used. Perhaps it is my tired eyes? Maybe the soft areas are motion blur? I can't really tell just looks a bit strange to me.

[nc0gnet0]

https://www.google.com/search?q=grea...6BDZ9b2Tr6M%3A

[Second Hand Pat]

I would of guessed the same as Stan, but everything about this bird is throwing me off on the ID LOL weird. Pretty bird though.

Did you brush that bird with anything in post Pat? The edges look weird to me, some spots looks like it was photoshopped/sharpened on top of a water background others it's really soft like a blur tool was used. Perhaps it is my tired eyes? Maybe the soft areas are motion blur? I can't really tell just looks a bit strange to me.

I used adjustment brushes both on the bird and water Matt mainly to give a nicer background and to pull that bluish cast from the feathers. The back wing edge in foreground was giving me fits between the water and the bird. Here's the original photo. I was attempting to use Stan's manual settings for white birds in florida.

[Second Hand Pat]

https://www.google.com/search?q=grea...6BDZ9b2Tr6M%3A

Not sure Rick, would like to see the wing tips.
Pat

[blueluv]

These are awesome shots Pat. I like how you captured the moment from beginning to end

[brewmaster15]

Al, you know what this guy is?

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Immature Little blue Heron

[SMB2]

You da man, Al.

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[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Al ...and Stan lol.

[rickztahone]

Those first 2 shots are just lovely Pat . I am yet to come close to taking a nice BIF shot like that where the bird's eyes are actually looking my way. I'd be super proud of that shot had I taken it.

The last shot is also a very nice one, but as Matt pointed out, you can actually see some artifacts of PP. You want to be very careful when you are trying to pull detail from files and if you are zoomed in on a shot, make sure you zoom out often to get a global look of the shot. I'm pretty sure you are doing this, but you always want to work on a file before you crop/resize it. If you aren't doing this currently, do it from now on.

Lastly, I actually like the last one you posted of the original almost lacking all color. It is a spectacular shot IMHO