Little egret

[José Rodríguez]

After some wise advices about framing and composition on the eager to learn forum.....


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3357570891_f73037842f_o.jpg


<table id="Inbox" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Cámara:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">Nikon D300 (http://www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/d300/)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Exposición:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">0,001 sec (1/1250)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Aperture:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">f/5.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Lente:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">240 mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 120%;" width="30%">Lente:</td> <td style="font-size: 120%;">239.7 mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Velocidad ISO:</td> <td>1400</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tendencia de exposición:</td> <td>-1 EV</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Flash:</td> <td>No Flash</td></tr></tbody></table>

[José Rodríguez]

Forgot to mention I used capture nx to edit (also to dark the background).

[Kobus Tollig]

I like this. Well exposed and great pp. Only thing for me is that i would like more space on the left

[David DesRochers]

Great action, beautiful exposure and good detail in the whites.

(also to dark the background).
By making the background dark, the beak blends in with the water and gets lost.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Jose, Welcome to the big leagues <SMILE>You have done a good job of capturing the peak of the action and the image looks fairly sharp. It could use a bit more room all around. Do you have any more room in the ORIG?

Lastly, I opened the image in CS3 and there were some flashing highlights, just a few. IAC, I selected only the brightest highlights using Select Color and did a 50% Linear Burn on that Layer only.

Keep up the good work.

[José Rodríguez]

More room: