Another snowy egret at Belmar Park. These guys move around pretty fast when fishing. They will open their wings to create shade. When a fish is lured into the shaded area, it's lunch time!
Nice shot Dan! Very well composed. Good visual balance. Good action. Might be my monitor, but I seem to detect a very faint blue cast?
The exposure is excellent - a tough thing to do with a dark background. For this kind of shot, what was the thought process (spot metered? manual exposure?, etc...)?
Thanks for the compliments. Ususally, I always use manual exposure. For this one, I underexposed
by -2/3 so I would not burn out the whites and at the same time, make the background just a little darker.
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6 repliesCanon 20D
500mm lens
Gitzo tripod
A very slight nit pick would be that the bird is looking "out" of the frame but it really doesn't bother me at all.
Good capture!
The exposure is excellent - a tough thing to do with a dark background. For this kind of shot, what was the thought process (spot metered? manual exposure?, etc...)?
Ken
by -2/3 so I would not burn out the whites and at the same time, make the background just a little darker.