This guy is a first for me. Was so happy to have some sun, even though I know it was a bit too high. Shot using a 7D, 300 +2X TC, ISO 320, F/7.1, 1/800. I know I blew the whites out but it was the best I could do as I the sun was much higher than I would've have liked. C&C greatly appreciated.
Last edited by Don Jacobs; 01-21-2013 at 07:06 PM.
Good assessment on the image - do you shoot manual? If so, set the exposure for the whites first - always set the exposure for the bright areas and adjust as the light changes - everything else will fall into place. As you stated the sun was high and as I always say - you shoot the light not the subject!
Love the detail but the exposure is hot as you mentioned, might clean up the water foam under the subject too. What a great moment with nature, ducks are amazingly beautiful - thanks for sharing.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 01-21-2013 at 08:30 PM.
With the dark blue of the water as your background, if you would've dialed in some
negative exposure compensation, like maybe a -1, you would've saved that white.
There 'might' be a chance you can still save that white. Maybe just mask off the blown
white part and see if you can retrieve any detail from that.
You did a nice job getting your duck nice and sharp with your 2x teleconverter. You have a nice head angle and catchlight. Sometimes when you're photographing in high light with a bird that has more dark colors than white, you end up sacrificing some detail in the whites. Had you exposed for the whites your darker colors may well have been underexposed. As long as you don't have a lot of noise in an image, It's easier to adjust your darker colors in postprocessing then it is to bring out details in your whites. Keep em coming.
Very nice wigeon. I like the pose and position of the bird in te image. I think the overall exposure is good, other than the already noted whites. I've started using anywhere from -/13 to -1 EV when shooting subjects that have a noticable amount of white on them. Although as Marina noted, it can lead to a bit of underexposure on the rest of the subject.
Widgeon
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