Crowd control 4

Gallery: AvianPosted October 12, 20171,255 views3 comments

This is the same group of Egrets I photographed on a salt pond in Hammonasset Beach State Park,CT. I used a mono pole and cropped it by 15%. In Lightroom I adjusted the highlights, black and clarity and used a graduated filter in hopes of bring your eye to the two fighting Egrets and not the out of focus group on the lower half of the frame.
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Shooting Date/Time 09/27/17 07:42:27
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE, Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0, Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3, ISO Speed 400
Lens TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011, Focal Length 552.0mm
Image Quality RAW, AF Mode AI Servo AF.
Thank you for stopping by.
Peter

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Ry Birge on October 12, 2017 at 11:09 PM

Peter, I love this shot. Composition is superb. Dimly the foreground works beautifully to accent the dancing birds. Is that an Irish jig they're doing? Whatever, great shot. Keep up the good work! Ry

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 13, 2017 at 2:55 PM

Nice interaction, color, light, and detail

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 13, 2017 at 6:02 PM

This is my favorite composition of this set of posts, Peter. I like the way the foreground shadow isolates the two birds that are the focus of the image. I do think they could be brightened a bit and in hindsight, f/11 or 13 and a higher iso setting might have put the nearer of the two in crisper focus.

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