Silhouette

I took this silhouette this morning following advice from Arthur Morris. He calls these "Blasting Highlight Silhouette" It took a few minutes to see his vision but when I did it was fantastic looking. So I thought I would share.

He advised the following: set the lowest ISO; set the aperture between f/16 and f/22; turn off AF and focus manually; an exposure between -1 and -2 stops should look pretty good but there will by necessity be lots of blinkies as the bright spots and starbursts are specular highlights.

Canon 7D (Borrowed from Artie)
500 mm
ISO 200
1/2500 sec. at f/ 18
Manual mode

Nice effect, interesting that even with those specs you can still see some detail on the bill..I'll try that sometime..thanks for the specs....

Thanks for the tips D. The bird is nice and black. Full frame or cropped?? (just curious).

Nice image and application, Denise.

Personally, I would use a little more contrast, as the blacks in the water are a little light on my screen. But ... Your image ... your vision. ;)

i will not say a lot , but i like what i see ... well done .

I also think the blacks could go a little blacker but I love this as presented as well - it leaves just a hint of detail on the bird this way.

Very nice composition, Denise. I like the blasting highlights. Thanks for sharing the process.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the input and I appreciate the help from Artie.:)