Snowy Egret on a post

Gallery: AvianPosted July 28, 201196 views5 comments

This photo was taken early in the morning with heavy early morning low clouds at Bolsa Chica Wildlife Preserve in Huntington Beach, CA.

Nikon D300
7/24/2011
250 MM using a Nikon 8-400 lens.
F/8
1/1600
ISO 400
Exposure Bias -1.3 step
Aperture Priority

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on July 28, 2011 at 3:39 PM

I know that post!! It's pretty distinctive. Images in Fog can be really fun. This feels a bit dark to me, but not too bad. I don't know what that OOF thing is in the upper right corner, but I would either clone it out, or better yet, crop the image from the top to remove it. It really pulls me away from the subject.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM

You captured a neat pose Patrick, I like the raised foot and wings. Agree with Keith on the OOF dark area at the top as it pulls my eyes away from the bird and the darkness he mentioned. A little global wb adjustment towards warm might help take out the touch of cyan/green cast I detect. Nice work getting this at 250mm.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on July 28, 2011 at 6:02 PM

Mia and Keith,
Thank you for your comments. I agree with all of them. I no longer have elements on my machine and now have CS5, which is largely a mystery to me. I tried to eliminate the out of focus island at the top to no avail in the time I had. I will work it over and replace the photo when I figure it out.

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on July 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Cool pose! Doing a little dance for you! I too would probably clone out the thing at the top, or crop tighter, but to be honest, I didn't really notice until seeing the other folks comments. I would also probably run a noise filter on the background.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on July 29, 2011 at 10:12 AM

Wonderul pose from your egret! I am seeing a bit of blue/green tint to the whole image. Also, agree with the crop suggestion. I think the image is worth a rework. I like the effect of the fog. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments