Snowy Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted April 8, 2010120 views15 comments

Shot this Snowy Egret at the La Jolla cliffs on velvia 50 film with a canon EOS 3 and 600mm lens. The blue BG is the Pacific Ocean.
He is in the act of preening .I like the soft feel of this image. Did a noise reduction because of the grain in the film .Then did a slight sharpening.
I know it isn’t as sharp as I would like it to be .
Scanned on a Nikon IV scanner.
Sorry no stats.
C&C always welcomed

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on April 8, 2010 at 9:24 AM

Wow, it's a wonderful portrait of a wonderful specimen. The pose is great too, but what really sets this apart here in my opinion is the very unusual colour palette. Blues and whites, how sweet!

Paolo

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on April 8, 2010 at 9:28 AM

Definitely has a dreamy feel. Love the whispy feathers and the graceful pose. IMO, it looks plenty sharp where it needs to be.

Registered on January 26, 2010, 68 Posts, 719 Comments

Comment posted by Bob McQuade on April 8, 2010 at 12:59 PM

Like the pose you captured and the white vs. blue, a little too soft, though.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 8, 2010 at 1:55 PM

Great blue and white, Joe. I love the pose too. Really nice image!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on April 8, 2010 at 4:42 PM

Lovely pose and nuances of white. Nice blue background too.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 8, 2010 at 7:42 PM

Good one Joe!
I never get tired of these.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 8, 2010 at 9:17 PM

Gorgeous Joe. The light is soft and the whites look great as well as the detail and bg. These are one of my favorites

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 8, 2010 at 9:20 PM

Great pose and bg here Joe

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 8, 2010 at 9:52 PM

Lovely shot. I like the feathers in the bill and you did a great job on the whites. Sharpness is more than acceptable for me. Sharon

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Comment posted by Pete D on April 8, 2010 at 10:49 PM

I don't think could do any better for capture. Processing - Oh, I reckon one could show the white as whiter and keep those yellows yellowy, but those are all just processing things It's a nice photograph of a pretty bird, so what more can we ask?

Pete D.
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Registered on November 1, 2003, 590 Posts, 1794 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 8, 2010 at 10:52 PM

Very nice, Joe. Great pose.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on April 9, 2010 at 12:44 AM

Beautiful image, Joe. I think the sharpness at the head is more than acceptable. Maybe a tad more DOF will help - but that is a very minor nit. Thanks for sharing this.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 9, 2010 at 12:23 PM

This is really nice Joe. I love the comp and the bird's pose a lot. The main thing I see here is a need for whiter whites. They are just a bit too grey IMO. I try at reprocessing this image would be well worth the effort, again, IMO.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 10, 2010 at 8:21 AM

Nice scan Joe - like the over the shoulder look

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 10, 2010 at 9:53 AM

Looks great to me. Snowys are my favorite birds to shoot, and you got this one just right.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments