High Key Great Egret- St Augustine, FL

[Shawn Marques]

My first try of this type of image. The sky conditions at the farm were clear and bright during most of the 4 days I spent there, so there was not much opportunity to play with white backgrounds. Unfortunately, most of my high key images came out very noisy- this photo had the least amount of noise. I’d love to know your thoughts on this. Thanks for taking a peek!

PS- To all the Moms in BPN land, have a happy Mother’s Day!


Canon 40D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x
1/250s @ f/16.0, ISO 800
Taken hand-held

[Steve Canuel]

Noise doesn't look too bad and if this is your first attempt at this, you did well. You captured the delicate details in the wings quite nicely.
Steve

[Adams Serra]

Hey Shawn,
I like it a lot, wings fully extended and well composed. I am having the same kind of problems most of my images from the Farm have a lot of noise. I used the 40D and the MKIII and had the same results with booth bodies.

Adams

[Maxis Gamez]

Hey Shawn,

Lovely wings and looks very sharp. I do would like to see the under wings a little more lit. I also see a blue cast on the shadows.

Happy mothers day to all BPN moms!

[Alfred Forns]

Not bad at all Shawn It has a very nice feel !!!

btw no clue how you picked it up but it does have a strong cast Very easy to correct !!!

[Shawn Marques]

Thanks everyone! Here is the re-worked image with a color and a shadow correction. Better?

[Dan O'Leary]

The repost is better. For your first try I think it's quite good. I'm no wizard at this but I think you could have gone with 1/500th, f/8 at ISO 400 for less noise and more sharpness without sacrificing important DOF.

I'm curious about your Falconry. Do you have a web page about it?

[Shawn Marques]

The repost is better. For your first try I think it's quite good. I'm no wizard at this but I think you could have gone with 1/500th, f/8 at ISO 400 for less noise and more sharpness without sacrificing important DOF.

I'm curious about your Falconry. Do you have a web page about it?

Thanks, Dan, for your kind words and suggested settings. I will give it a try. But the f/16 setting was a mistake and I don't know how I managed to have the camera set at that!

My wife, Amy, is the falconer, and I'm sorry to say that we don't have a website. But if you have any questions, just ask away!