Watching The Sun Set

Gallery: AvianPosted January 31, 201183 views7 comments

Almost every day that I visit my local lake in Nassau Bay Texas this egret is there posing for me. The sun was low on the horizon, and gave a nice gold and blue pattern on the water. Comments welcomed.

7D, 500 mm F/4, ISO 400, F/7.1, 1/1600
Gitzo with Wimberly head
PP - Vertical crop, enhanced color in water, sharpening

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on January 31, 2011 at 11:05 PM

The light did give you some gorgeous colors. Nice background for the egret. Excellent clarity on that face and bill.

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on January 31, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Nice warm light and I like the water BG. You also have a nice angle of the face and view of the eye.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on February 1, 2011 at 12:59 AM

Nice setting for the bird Dottie ...well composed with some beautiful light ...

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 1, 2011 at 8:37 AM

Dottie,

I've looked at this several times since you posted it before I could form my thoughts about it, not unusual for me at times.

I love the beautiful warm golds reflected on the cool blue water, the simple but elegant post of the egret, head angle and the nice light on the bird.

I find myself wishing I could see the feet here to complete the elegant lines of the egret. I see in the exif for this file you didn't use any exposure compensation when this was created, although all of the whites are below 255 in a threshold layer there are some on the chest and shoulder that look like they may have been hot on the original file before post processing. I might have tried -0.3 EV to help with those. It is still an appealing image to me, just some a suggestion for future adventures in the field.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM

The lighting on this shot is wonderful. Great capture!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 1, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Very nice egret Dottie. I like the lighting and the comp. Agree re the feet but nothing you could have done about that. Your exposure looks excellent to me.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 1, 2011 at 6:38 PM

I like this Dottie. Most of the whites show nice detail, sharpness looks good and I like the water colors and textures and the sloping hill.

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