Little Egret

Posted by Griffin on Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:02 am

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

| 14 posts |

Page 1 of 1

Subject : Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Location : Wun Yu
Date : Morning, Feb 01, 2004
Technical: EOS 10D, EF300mm f/2.8 L USM, EF2xII TC, Kenko Pro300 1.4x TC, f/11, ISO400, Sidekick, C1LE, PS7, FocalBlade, brightness/contrast/saturation adjusted.
Remarks: I was trying to take picutre of a female plumeous redstart that morning but it was no avail.

So I get so bored that I began taking photographs of everything nearby. Here is one. The sharpness is unbelieable even with a Kenko TC. Unfortuantely, the image is under and it has been adjusted. (shame

) I think there is room for cropping but I am not so sure.

Your comments, criticisms, elaborations and enhancements are welcomed. Thank you for viewing.

Griffin.

Griffin.
[b]NSN0420[/b]
[i]Disclaimer![/i] The subject is not harmed during photography process! ;)
'It is all about Light' - Michael H. Reichmann

Posted by:
Griffin
Lifetime Member

Member #:00420
Posts: 1667
Joined: 29 Aug 2003

View portfolio

by Alan Murphy on Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:27 am

Alan Murphy
Lifetime Member

Posts: 27330
Joined: 20 Aug 2003
Location: Houston, Texas
Member #:00014

View portfolio
Visit website

Griffen, I would not crop any more, actually I'd like to see the feet. Good exposure on the bird.

Alan Murphy
NSN 0014
www.alanmurphyphotography.com

0 people like this post

by Griffin on Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:44 am

Griffin
Lifetime Member

Posts: 1667
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Member #:00420

View portfolio

Alan Murphy wrote:Griffen, I would not crop any more, actually I'd like to see the feet. Good exposure on the bird.

Alan, thanks for your kind words. First, the original was under.

Second, I would have shown more of the feet but it was standing on a metal fence.

Also I was afraid there were too many negative space on the right.

Griffin.

Griffin.
[b]NSN0420[/b]
[i]Disclaimer![/i] The subject is not harmed during photography process! ;)
'It is all about Light' - Michael H. Reichmann

0 people like this post

by stevebein on Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:04 am

stevebein
Lifetime Member

Posts: 4423
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Location: West Los Angeles, CA
Member #:00137

View portfolio

The underexposed is fine in digital, that is what Photo shop is for. Over exposed and details are lost. No problem, just use the histogram to adjust if needed, that is what it is for.
I agree with the feet. This could have been taken with the fence and posted in elements of mankind, or just posted here. Nice white detail, regardless of how you arrived at it.

Steve Bein
drbein@aol.com

0 people like this post

by AlexC on Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:34 am

AlexC
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5948
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Member #:00024

View portfolio

Griffin, The advantage of an under exposed image is that in most cases that it could enhanced a little bit, I took the liberty of playing around a little with your image, via a contrast mask I brought a little more light on the bird, the BG I liked as is, so I did not touch it, Also it would have been nice to see his feet in frame, otherwise very nice!!
Catchlite is optional!!
Congrats!!

[b]Alex Calzadilla[/b]
[b]Miami, Florida[/b]
[b]NSN-0024[/b]
"At the feast of ego everyone leaves hungry." - Bentley's House of Coffee and Tea, Tucson, AZ

0 people like this post

by Michael Eckstein on Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:35 pm

Michael Eckstein
Forum Contributor

Posts: 479
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Spring Hill, Florida

Visit website

Alex's handiwork improves an already nice image. Love the flowing feathers. I too would have preferred that the feet be included. Thanks for sharing.

"There are no rules for good photographs, only good photographs." -Ansel Adams

http://www.photo.net/photos/Michael%20Eckstein
http://www.meckstein.com/mike

0 people like this post

by Bill Whala on Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:45 pm

Bill Whala
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5979
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Littleton, Colorado

Griffin wrote:...I would have shown more of the feet but it was standing on a metal fence.

The Posting Guidelines allow you to post images with man made perches in this forum.

This is an excellent shot.

Bill Whala

"Aves of similar plumage tend to converge with one another"

Last edited by Bill Whala on Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.

0 people like this post

by Dick Ginkowski on Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:59 pm

Dick Ginkowski
Forum Contributor

Posts: 6447
Joined: 31 Aug 2003
Location: Pleasant Prairie, WI

Visit website

Michael Eckstein wrote:Alex's handiwork improves an already nice image. Love the flowing feathers. I too would have preferred that the feet be included. Thanks for sharing.

I agree!

Dick Ginkowski
________________________________________
NSN 0218
"When America runs out of characters, it will have lost its character."--Charles Kuralt
Farewell, dear Alex.
[url]http://www.pbase.com/dickg/[/url]

0 people like this post

by fredcor on Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:00 pm

fredcor
Lifetime Member

Posts: 5419
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
Location: Mississauga, ON. Canada
Member #:00186

View portfolio
Visit website

Great shot, you have captured the plumes very well and with good overall shapness. The quality I can't believe, considering stacked convertors

. I find exposing 1/3 - 2/3 under is better, as I am less likely to blow the whites. Alex has done what I usually do in scenes like these where the subject is bright.

Frederick Lat Correa

0 people like this post

by Wayne Nicholas on Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:08 pm

Wayne Nicholas
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5751
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Houston, TX USA
Member #:00046

View portfolio
Visit website

Good capture of the breeding plumage. IMO, I wouldn't crop this anymore than this.

[b]Wayne Nicholas[/b]
[b]Nanpa Member[/b]
[url=http://www.naturescapes.net/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=25][b]Texas Regional Moderator[/b][/url]
[color=blue][url=http://www.NicholasNaturePhoto.com][b]NicholasNaturePhoto[/b][/color][/url]
[color=blue][url=http://waynenicholas.naturescapes.net][b]Naturescapes Portfolio[/b][/color][/url]
[b]NSN 0046[/b]

0 people like this post

by KK Hui on Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:18 pm

KK Hui
Moderator

Posts: 42681
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Hong Kong, China
Member #:00536

View portfolio
Visit website

Griffin,
I like it under exposed to retain the white feather details but really miss that feet ...

KK Hui FRPS
Fellow of The Royal Photographic Society
Personal Website | Portfolio @ Flickr

Lifetime Member NSN 0536

0 people like this post

by christoforos on Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:36 pm

christoforos
Forum Contributor

Posts: 1920
Joined: 17 Sep 2003
Location: DC

Very nice job on the exposure.
I do miss the feet also.
Cool shot!

Christoforos

0 people like this post

by BrianS on Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:40 pm

BrianS
Lifetime Member

Posts: 3462
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
Member #:00196

View portfolio
Visit website

Both posts look nice to me.

[b]Brian Spangler[/b]
[url=http://brianspangler.naturescapes.net][b][u]http://brianspangler.naturescapes.net[/u][/b][/url]
[url=http://www.naturescapes.net/membership.htm][b][u]NSN 0196[/u][/b][/url]

0 people like this post

by Griffin on Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:33 am

Griffin
Lifetime Member

Posts: 1667
Joined: 29 Aug 2003
Member #:00420

View portfolio

Thank you everyone for your kind comments. I think Alex has done an incredible job here and I really don't readers take their kind efforts in enhancing my post.. I agree I should have brighten it a bit but I was torn between keeping the plumage from correct brightness.

If you really want to see some egret feet, I have another post over "Human Element" forum.