Great Egret

Gallery: AvianPosted November 26, 2017167 views6 comments

Another one from Ridgefield in the fog. Just working it's way along the top of the berm across a channel from the road. I liked the way the background looked in the viewfinder, so I opened my aperture to f/5.6 to get that effect. Since the bird was nice enough to move parallel to me I still had plenty of dof.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 267 mm, beanbag on car window, f/5.6, 1/1600, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to a 4x5, full height. Taken at 9:33 am on November 18th.

Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 26, 2017 at 8:02 PM

The fog treated you well, giving that understated BG tone. The bird itself is well exposed with good feather detail and excellent white control.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 26, 2017 at 8:51 PM

I like this as posted. I enjoy working in thr fog, but rarely get any here in dry AZ.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on November 27, 2017 at 12:27 PM

Another one of your neat images from Ridgefield Dennis, you captured the foggy mood wonderfully.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 28, 2017 at 2:25 PM

Always pleasant to see the muting affect of fog - for me almost always enhancing images ! Nice ! Hans

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on November 28, 2017 at 4:30 PM

Beautiful shot, Dennis. The fog did help mute the background that was probably a bit closer to the subject than you would have wanted, which would have caused some distraction. Nice shot just as it is.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on November 29, 2017 at 4:34 PM

The light on this one is really nice. I think the fog has created appropriate mood and softened the lighting. Nice composition and detail.

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