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D90 70-200VR+2X@380 1/2000 f5.6 ISO400 0EV handheld
I watched a pair of snowy egrets fishing this morning. Unfortunately, I had to stand above them, but I got this image of one displaying its feathers beautifully. No PP done except for sharpening (100) and NR (75) in LR4.
Wendell
Wendell - You're absolutely right about it being unfortunate that you were above them :t3 - also your whites look a little hot. The sun also seems a bit off to your right causing that shadow on the neck area. It also may not hurt to have some more room on the LHS. The bird is a bit too cramped in the frame. I always enjoy the snowy's feathers blowing in the wind though.
Wendell,
Nicely captured plumage here. As you mentioned, the angle isn't great but it doesn't seem that there was much you could have done about that. I may have zoomed out a little to make him less prominent in the frame.
If you get the chance to shoot him again, see if you can get a tad lower :)
Miguel
Hi Wandell, not sure about this one. angle is quite steep and the whites were blown in that harsh light....yes to lower and shooting when sun is lower too
Really appreciate your comments, Arash! And since I've encountered this critique about blown whites before with respect to other postings, when my histogram in LR shows them to be quite OK, I wonder what might be causing them to appear blown in this and other cases. Sure would appreciate your observations about the problem.
Wendall I don't use lightroom, I use ACR-same raw converter, I have a highlight warning and shadow warning I can activate, I would think you have this same function. With it activated any blown highlights will be red.
Jack, thanks for your input. But my Lightroom has the same feature -- red for the highlight warning and blue for the shadow warning. In the case of this image the highlight warning was well within bounds (as were the shadows), not blown. It is still a puzzle I live with. Perhaps a change occurs on export (?) . . . I simply do not know.
the histogram might be OK in this case but the whites have no tonal detail because of the harsh light. The whites will look flat and detail-less unless you shoot in better light :S3:Quote:
Originally Posted by wendell westfall
Thanks, Arash . . . tonal detail . . .
