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Storm's Coming
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Storm's Coming

by SandyRichardsBrown

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted December 7, 2017379 views3 comments
"Storm's Coming - Follow Me ! "

Hawaiian Stilts - a subspecies of the US Mainland stilts, with more  black on the head
Kauai, Hawaii, February 2017

D800
500mm
1/5000 sec, f/11
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -2/3
Bracketed like heck
ISO: 1250
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
2 images merged to get BG and birds sharp 

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 7, 2017 at 3:59 PM
Hi Sandy,
That's a beautiful composite.  I have moved it to the photo art gallery as I think that is the more appropriate gallery for it.  devil
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 7, 2017 at 8:31 PM
Nice flight shot of these, Sandy. As a composite though the angle of light on the birds is significantly different from the BG. 
Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 22, 2017 at 12:31 AM
Bill, I can't control the light - these 2 images were taken less than a second apart, so the light you see is the light that was there. 
In Hawaii, light often reflects off the clouds  in odd ways. In this case, the far distant clouds had brighter light, and the area the birds and I were in was under a dark cloud. 

Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments