Grooming

Gallery: AvianPosted December 11, 2011104 views4 comments

This was a photo I caught at the Savannah Refuge. Yesterday was cloudy and cold. The Great Egret was sitting on the bank grooming itself. I tried to make up for the clouds by increasing my brightness. I really like this photo because of the angle of the feathers and the head tilt. I have cropped by 25% and have just done minor repairs, such as sharpening, noise removal, and a little more contrast. What do you think? All c & c's appreciated!

Canon 50D
F5.6
1/600 sec
ISO 640
Exposure bias +0.7 step
350mm
Center Weighted Metering Mode

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 11, 2011 at 4:47 PM

The whites are handled very well. great detail and very nice comp.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 11, 2011 at 5:01 PM

Carlette, your exposure is good IMO. For me the comp would be stronger without thing in the water on the lower left. In the larger version, the bird's head is a bit soft from movement as the bird was preening. I would have liked to seen it sharp. A bit more SS would have been needed to stop the motion.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on December 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM

NIce exposure.....details look good too. A lower angle would have been a bonus.

Registered on October 2, 2009, 69 Posts, 434 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 12, 2011 at 11:41 AM

Carlette, Both my wife and I like this image a lot. Your composition and the Egret's pose are great. One thing I learned from the NPNers when shooting white birds is the have a bit to a lot of negative Exposure Compensation depending on lighting conditions. Also adjusting to a lower or negative EV (for Canons) will increase your SS when your are shooting with AV mode.

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