Mirror Mirror on the Willet

Posted by PParker on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:15 pm

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I wish I had a better background for this image but this is what I had to work with.
Taken early this morning from my vehicle. The Willet was feeding in the shallows and eventually passed by. I did just have enough time to check the histogram before he came into position as shown in the photo.

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600 f4
ISO 400
Exp. comp. -2/3 after checking histogram
550 flash @ -1 2/3
Door mount

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by mwagner1 on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:22 pm

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Hey...

The upper background does not bother me that much..I LOVE the reflection of the bird!!!

Cool shot!!!

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by PParker on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:27 pm

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I see I had a typo in the title. I missed that one!

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:51 pm

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Typo fixed

A nice shot. I agree with your wish.

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by Bruce Sherman on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:55 pm

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Pete,
Great pose and reflection.

Too bad about the BG. It looks just a tad pale on my monitor. Perhaps a little more contrast and/or saturation would help.

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by Jim Neiger on Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:09 pm

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Exposure is right on and I like the reflection. Nice shot.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:29 pm

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Nice light. could use a little more sharpening.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:33 pm

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A good capture and the BG is ok with me. Could possibly use a bit more pop.

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by PParker on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:17 pm

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Thanks for the fix EJ.

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by Jim Neely on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:38 pm

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Looks good to me, Pete.

The BG is what's there. I think the reflection makes the shot.

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by Jim Probst on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:13 pm

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Pete,

Great light and reflection! Nicely done!

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:29 pm

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Now that's a relection. I would crop it just a bit from the top

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by Rich S on Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:19 am

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Not much you could do about the background, but the light looks great. Love the slight echos of the reflection. I'm another one wishing for just a little tweak in curves perhaps to darken the bird a bit. (My guess is that you got a little more light there than anticipated from direct lighting plus reflected light from the water and the low-angled sun.)

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by LHays on Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:01 am

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The background is not that bad...you sometimes have to take what you get. I little USM and boosting in contrast would help. I've noticed since posting here that I need to boost the contrast and/or saturation for what I post vs. what I see as a jpg on my monitor.

I do like the pose and you certainly had wonderful light. Very nice job!!

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by Heather Forcier on Mon Sep 08, 2003 2:32 pm

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I agree with your wish for a better background, but just love the soft lighting and the superb reflection!

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by Anthony Medici on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:53 pm

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This reminds me a lot of my Twin Eagles post. Although you have more dirt in the image than I originally had in mine. You might consider making the entire background blue.