View Full Version : Misery (Cattle egret in rain)
Grace Scalzo
06-01-2008, 07:04 PM
On a recent trip to Delaware, I found this cattle egret hunkered down in a field weathering drenching rain. I tried to capture the mood of the scene, let me know if I succeeded. Thanks!
1/640, f6.3, ISO400
1Dmk2n, 500 + 1.4tc, from car
Axel Hildebrandt
06-01-2008, 07:41 PM
It certainly worked to capture the mood. The OOF grass in the foreground is a bit distracting but not too much. I'm wondering if the color temperature is a bit high.
Doug Brown
06-01-2008, 10:42 PM
I'm with Axel in that a cooler color temperature would help convey a sense of inclement weather.
Steve Canuel
06-01-2008, 10:48 PM
You did Grace. He does seem to be wishing he was somewhere else. Color does seem a bit yellowish-green to me.
Steve
Joe Senzatimore
06-02-2008, 05:30 AM
I agree with all on the color. Still the look on the egret captures the "wet" feeling.
DustinFinn
06-02-2008, 01:31 PM
Totally great capture, the mood here is set and if the color temp was cooled it might take the image to cold feeling...
Kaushik Balakumar
06-02-2008, 06:47 PM
foreground seems totally fine with me (personal taste). bird's pose & smudged feathers conveys the 'rain' mood. but am not sure if BG helps it in anyway because the colours look a bit too bright for an overcast day. a bit of soberness in BG colours could perhaps make the mood exactly as u were looking for.
Freddy Franzella
06-02-2008, 07:41 PM
great all around image! I like that background!
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