Bad Hair Day

A Little Egret from Cemlyn bay. Taken from under a scrim net so I didn't have the option to move hence the awkward lighting. I've jut bought a better beamer which would of helped but I didn't want to spook the Egret as it was hunting so I got what I could.

Full frame image
Canon 1D MkII N and Canon 600mm f4 L IS USM prime
Gitzo 1348 and Manfrotto 393 head
1/1250sec@f8 iso 200 exposed for the backlit hair +1/2 stop
Processed in C1 Pro and CS2 shadow/highlight adjustment used
I've uploaded more images to the website if anyone is interested

personally I like the lighting because it's backlit. the backgound and foreground aren't ideal but there's nothing to be done about that, unless boosting saturation and fiddling with curves might make it a bit more dramatic.
great shot.

Backlighting works nicely for me as well, and sometimes you los its impact if you fill in too much imo.

Mark

Beautiful Kevin.

I really like this a lot. The fill is just right and the lit feathers are great.

Rob

I like this a lot as well - I think the backlighting really helps to highlight the shapes of the feathers and the preening action. I would not say it was "awkward" light at all

Good job



Niall