Winner and Finalists of Assignment Birds #18

This is a wonderful image of a Great White Egret in breeding plumage. The lighting is nearly perfect and shows great detail in the feathers without being overexposed or underexposing the surrounding area. The viewpoint is a nice change with the bird looking down at the photographer and the curve of the neck creates a point of interest. The only distraction from this image is the platform the bird is standing on has some sort of piece of metal that distracts from the bird.