Beautiful capture, Lance. The Egret appears to glow. Curious, how did you get such a dark background with the bird so bright? looks magical.
Posted by Lance Warley on November 29, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Thanks, Jackie.
You do it with a fast shutter speed. For white birds In bright light, the shutter speed needs to be fast enough to not burn the whites. This tends to darken the bg.
Posted by Jason Taylor on November 29, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Wonderful! Did you use fill flash?
Posted by Wade Hardy on November 29, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Great pose and the egret stands out nicely against the dark background
Posted by Sandy Young on November 29, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Outstanding. The light is perfect on the bird. Big Congrats - SandyLee
Wow! What amazing light, Lance. It certainly does look like flash, if I didn't know any better. Wonderful portrait of this great bird.
It looks like there is a shadow of some sort at the right of the egret. I can't figure out what the shadow is being project upon. It's almost disorienting.
Posted by Leann Greene on December 1, 2008 at 6:53 AM
Richard ruined it for me clone out the shadow shape and it's awesome
Posted by Lance Warley on December 1, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Thanks :)
The shadow is the bird's head and neck in the muddy water. Shows you the angle of light.
It's interesting that several of you thought flash. This situation was so bright that the light had to be reduced by the fast ss. Flash would have worked against me here.
Plus I suck at flash and rarely use it because I haven't gotten past having flash shots look obviously flashy.
Posted by Lori Kincaid on December 1, 2008 at 8:38 AM
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13 repliesYou do it with a fast shutter speed. For white birds In bright light, the shutter speed needs to be fast enough to not burn the whites. This tends to darken the bg.
No, I didn't use a flash.
It looks like there is a shadow of some sort at the right of the egret. I can't figure out what the shadow is being project upon. It's almost disorienting.
The shadow is the bird's head and neck in the muddy water. Shows you the angle of light.
It's interesting that several of you thought flash. This situation was so bright that the light had to be reduced by the fast ss. Flash would have worked against me here.
Plus I suck at flash and rarely use it because I haven't gotten past having flash shots look obviously flashy.
Lori