White Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted June 21, 201052 views3 comments

I took this image at dawn during a trip to the Edwin Forsythe National Refuge in New Jersey. I used a Nikon D70 with a Tamron 200-500mm lens. I decided to duplicate the layer with a soft blending mode and a bit of Gaussian blur. i wanted to create a more ethereal feel to the image. I welcome any comments and suggestions.

1/2000 sec. @ f6.3 ISO 400

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3 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 21, 2010 at 6:33 PM

Interesting glow on the bird's underparts. I think your comp would be more effective with a little taken off the top and the left to move the bird out of the center more.

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Comment posted by mark cillo on June 21, 2010 at 8:14 PM

I really like the high key look here, maybe just a bit overdone IMO but certainly still nice.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 22, 2010 at 9:12 AM

Interesting thought. The high key seems a bit over done for this image. It also feels like it it tilted to the right based on the ripples in the water.

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