Snowy Egret

[Charles Glatzer]

Snowy Egret, St Aug, FL

Taken during a lesson illustrating manual flash use.

1D MIV, 500mm, Manual, f/5.6 @ 1/125, ISO 400, Manual flash w/o beamer
Post-production- CS5, NIK, Macbook Pro 15in

Appears as taken.

See you where there is light, or at the computer

Chas

[Tom Rambaut]

Chas - I like the framing and the feather detail.I have not used flash myself but this looks spot on as It does not look like you have used flash. I like the slight opened beak.

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful! I am sure it is due to processing on a laptop but this can be brighter IMHO.

[Arthur Morris]

Brightness looks spot on here. Like that you centered it so nicely against the o-o-f tree. Am not a fan of the ratty oak leaves; otherwise clean and pristine. How was your flash set?

[Ofer Levy]

Here is how I think brightness should look.

[Grace Scalzo]

One sweet image, Chas. Your lesson on flash was superb, can't wait to get out there and practice.

[susanschermer]

Really beautiful, Chas. Hooray for the oof background. Alligator Farm can look pretty gritty. This looks like a painted portrait. I prefer the softer white of your pp.

[Paul Randall]

Ofers repost looks spot on to me in terms of brightness. Agree with Arthur, BG is perfectly chosen and the foliage at top of frame detracts from the image just a tiny bit. Well done on the great use of flash :w3

[Joe Senzatimore]

I prefer the original. I think it looks more natural. Now that I took your series , I hope to produce images as killer as this , with a bit of practice. You gave the tools. Now just need to get used to them.:S3::S3::S3:

[Charles Glatzer]

Hey Gang,

The brightness is of course subjective. I mentioned "Appears as taken" for reference. Of course I could remove the oak leaves, but I am not a huge fan of this, preferring realism to sterility.

Best,

Chas

[Harshad Barve]

Absolute rocking image , techs and pose spot on
TFS

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely IQ and detail...Exp looks great with superb flash work...I prefer it a bit brighter but like you said 'its subjective'...Great stuff Chas:cheers:

[Dave Courtenay]

Hats off to you for leaving the foliage in-lovely pastel colours and expert use of flash

Regards

Dave