Egret in mid-day sunlight


Posted by Chas on Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:44 pm

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Someone should have told this egret that you cannot shoot white birds in full mid-day sunlight and retain feather detail :wink:

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exposure- 1/2500 @ f/5.6, ISO 200

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by Cindy Marple on Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:06 pm
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The colors are so vibrant with those lime-green lores and the blue sky. Excellent.
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by Dan Wolin on Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:12 pm
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I really like it and the feathe detail is great. Love the eye against the blue sky. Nice job
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by whf4 on Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:45 pm
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great-- very nice.

Now..... how did you select that exposure setting?
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by Bob Ettinger on Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:26 pm
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Chas wrote:
Someone should have told this egret that you cannot shoot white birds in full mid-day sunlight and retain feather detail :wink:


Best all.

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Maybe they should tell the photographer and not the bird :D
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by ebkw on Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:41 pm
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You certainly did a great job of retaining the feather detail and the definition in the bird, Chas. Nothing less would be expected.
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by Fabs Forns on Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:00 pm
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Great detail and exp, jus stunning!!!
 

by Rich Demler on Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:04 pm
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Nice job handling a difficult exposure Chas, see you next week at Crystal River.
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by Dan Barthel on Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:59 pm
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-1 1/2 will do. Pull it up from the shadows :D
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by Mike Wilson on Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:12 pm
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Ooooh. Sweet portrait Chas. The breeding color and vibrant sky is fantastic. Too bad the bill tip is soft. :)
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by Sandy Mossberg on Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:15 pm
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Chas, this reminds me of our session at Alligator Farm in June, 2002. This appears to be sunny-f16 minus 2/3. I would have preferred f8 or f11 to get a sharp bill -- I love to turn on my teacher.
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by Chas on Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:49 pm
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Sandy Mossberg wrote:Chas, this reminds me of our session at Alligator Farm in June, 2002. This appears to be sunny-f16 minus 2/3. I would have preferred f8 or f11 to get a sharp bill -- I love to turn on my teacher.
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LOL- :oops: the tip is sharp in print, I might have clipped it when knocking down the blue sky noise for web. You guys crack me up. What do have your monitor res at? Looks sharp from here.

Yes, this is exactly what we covered in ST Aug.
Now if your memory was only as good with the keys ... :P

BTW-, any below would work

Sunny f/16 minus 2/3 EV

Incident minus 2/3 EV

Spot off brightest highlight plus 2 EV

Evaluative off blue sky (no comp necessary), it under exposes the sky 1 EV.

Matrix off blue sky (minus 1 EV) as the Nikon if I remember correctly renders it a midtone, as it should.

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by KK Hui on Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:22 am
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Thanks for the exposure tips ...
A wonderful shot, Chas! :roll:
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by Kim Steininger on Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:32 am
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Love the blue, green & yellow! Very nice Chas! 8)
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by Christopher Dodds on Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:12 am
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Hey Chas, a great reason to skip the big lunches and stay out in the feild, as I generally do. Great shot. Thanks for your Exposure lesson - something more photographers should know.
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by AForns on Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:01 am
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Magnificent Chas !!!!! I am always impressed 8) 8) 8) 8)
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by Tomasz on Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:36 am
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Superb :D
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