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Sometimes it pays to walk against the sun during early or late light.
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/7.1, ISO 1600, natural light (warmed to taste), handheld, almost FF, a bit of dark shoreline along the bottom has been removed.
Hi Daniel,
That's a keeper! The orange water contrasts so well against the silhouetted birdbird, and the ripples just top it all off. TFS
Lovely silhouette, great ripples.
Pretty shot Daniel. Always nice to see a super common bird presented in a different and refreshing way. Very pleasing all around. Question for you, on these silhouette shots do you prefer the bird to be all black or have a hint of detail and why?
Beautiful silhouette image,like the concentrating ripples too.
Neat SILH. (I like mine all black like this most of the time.) Getting very low here might have improved this a bit as the bill is a bit lost in the dark concentric ripples near the head ...
with love, artie
ps: did you get some wider ones?
Love the ripples here also love silhouettes in general. Well done.
Thanks guys!!
Isaac: I prefer my silhouettes solid black only because they are more artistically pleasing to my eye. On rare occasions there may be details that help and I will keep in, but 9.5 out of 10 times I'll prefer solid black.
Hey Artie: I'm OK with the higher angle to get a better look at the ripples and reflection, but I agree about the bill 100%...I would have loved for the sandpiper to have raised it higher. Nothing wider for this opportunity though, they came a little too close and I only had a small patch of nice colour to work with, and no time to remove the TC.
Thanks Dan and Artie. I don’t shoot many shots like this but think I prefer to see just a hint of the details in the bird like an eye or some pronounced feature. But I can see the beauty in an all black shot as well.
Love the ripples !!
Gail
Hi Dan, MAkes me wonder what he's about to pull out of there! Such a pretty image you created , well done.
