Flying Egret Flight Shot

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07-23-2008, 09:41 AM
Brian Kennedy

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Great Egret Flight Shot

This shot was taken at the Alligator Farm this past April. Comments appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

Full Frame
Canon EOS 40D
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync
Flash exposure compensation: -1 1/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 100
Lens: EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM
Focal length: 111mm
07-23-2008, 10:15 AM
Fabs Forns

Great wingspread and wonderful use of flash. I like the fact that he's flying in a diagonal. Wish the right eye were more visible.

Big welcome to BPN, hope we can make your experience here a fruitful one :) and can't wait to see more!
07-23-2008, 10:28 AM
Cheryl Flory

now _that's_ the image I was trying to get during my two weeks in FL!! Agree with Fabs that more eye contact would be great, but dont know how a bird could manage both that and flight.
07-23-2008, 11:01 AM
Ramon M. Casares

Outstanding Brian! Love the pose and the compsition, the BG sure works very well and the sharpness is perfect too! JUst.. Congratulations!
07-23-2008, 11:11 AM
Rene Quenneville

Very nice capture. Impressive use of fill flash.
07-23-2008, 11:24 AM
Doug Brown

Welcome Brian! This photo has a lot going for it, and Fabs makes a good point. People on this forum strive for perfection, and this one is oh so close! Thanks for posting!
07-23-2008, 11:32 AM
Jonathan Michael Ashton

Well Doug I am striving, but I reckon I have a waaaaay to go yet! When I looked at this image I thought it was beautifully sharp, well exposed and I was especially pleased to see the eye - for me great shot Brian - keep them coming
Jon
07-23-2008, 01:41 PM
Arthur Morris

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rene Quenneville

Very nice capture. Impressive use of fill flash.

Quite a lovely image but judging from the darkness of the sky I would venture that this is more of a flash as main light image than a fill flash image. Having the flash set to -1 1/3 stop does not automatically make an image a fill flash image as when light levels get low even greatly reduced flash output can act as main light, esp. with white subjects.

And a big time welcome to Brian; how did you get such a low number???
07-23-2008, 04:56 PM
Marc Mol

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan Michael Ashton

Well Doug I am striving, but I reckon I have a waaaaay to go yet! When I looked at this image I thought it was beautifully sharp, well exposed and I was especially pleased to see the eye - for me great shot Brian - keep them coming
Jon

Ditto Jon ;)
07-23-2008, 07:13 PM
Maxis Gamez

Hi Brian,

Welcome to BPN. Very nice wings and composition. I would like to see the "fill" more evenly as it looks lighter in the right wing.
07-23-2008, 07:30 PM
Brian Kennedy

Thank you all for your kind words and advice.

"And a big time welcome to Brian; how did you get such a low number???"

I registered early on! I have not had much time lately post.

Artie, the 20D is still working just fine! ;)