Bow Wave

Gallery: AvianPosted September 5, 201045 views5 comments

Its are in bird photography to have time to work on composition, but in this case things were moving slowly enough for me to wait for the wavelet to frame the stride of this Snowy Egret.
50D
400mm DO
ISO 200
f/5.6 @ 1/1000

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 5, 2010 at 11:26 PM

Nice pose with his windblown fearthers!
Needed some exposure compensation so that the whites were not blown - but, you're right - it's tough to anticipate.
Nice water and wave action too.
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 6, 2010 at 12:33 AM

I like your composition with the wavelet here Stephen. The whites on the head look an interesting silvery color here.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 6, 2010 at 9:28 AM

Stephen,
I really like your comp here. Very nice image.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM

Stephen, I like your overall comp here a lot. The head and neck areas look like they were shot too bright and then brought down a lot using the brightness adjustment in PS or some other program. Given the way the light looks (bright sunshine) f/5.6 at 1/1000 would be way overexposed on a snowy. f/5.6 at say 1/2000s would seem about right. Anyway, just some constructive critisism and suggestion for improvement. I hope you don't mind.

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Comment posted by Stephen Cunliffe on September 6, 2010 at 2:48 PM

Ron, I dont mind at all. This is exactly the kind of constructive criticism that can make this site so valuable. Many thanks.

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