High-Key But Full-Color

[Doug Brown]

On my first day at Fort De Soto the light was low and the winds were high. Overall the photography was rough! So I was excited to find a breeding-plumage Reddish Egret fishing in a patch of calm water. I really like the combination of a high-key BG and a splash of color.

Canon 1Dx, 600 mm II, f/4, 1/1000, ISO 3200, manual exposure, hand held

[Joseph Przybyla]

So do I like it Doug, high key BG and the color in the egret. One of my favorite birds down here beautiful breeding colors. Your image gives me ideas on processing some of mine. Thanks for sharing.

[Shawn Zierman]

One of the more creative images I've ever seen of this species...very well done from a technical standpoint...exposure, sharpness, colors, all good. What in the world are the two lines coming off the bird's beak and eye area? The image could use a slight clockwise rotation imo

[Neil Burton]

Works for me too, well seen.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Very painterly, Doug. Like the high key pastel quality and the shoots of shore grass add a nice balance.




Geoffrey

[Doug Brown]

One of the more creative images I've ever seen of this species...very well done from a technical standpoint...exposure, sharpness, colors, all good. What in the world are the two lines coming off the bird's beak and eye area? The image could use a slight clockwise rotation imo

Not sure what those lines are; I didn't do any cloning in that area, but it's obviously a processing artifact. I'll fix it and repost.

[Doug Brown]

The lines were from a mask on a levels adjustment layer. Here's a version with the lines removed.

[David Salem]

Really liked this one when you first showed it to me. Love the contrast between the colors of the bird and the high key BG. The grasses on the right really add to the image. Nice job seeing this one Doug.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A really eye catching shot, I like everything especially the composition.

[Grant Yang]

Your second version still has the remnants of a line. I'd also blend the clipped portion of the background so the transition isn't as abrupt. If you make those changes, I think you've got a cracking shot.

[Rob Melone]

It's a top rate shot Doug and love the artistic look with the grass and relections. Framing is great too along with the pastel colors. Very nice indeed!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Love the high key effect, the colors and the elements here. The grass adds nice color and balances the frame. Would CW rotate this a bit.

[Bill Dix]

Simply gorgeous, Doug. I'm a fan of high-key, and the colors in this one really make it sing. Beautiful comp. I also wondered about CW rotation, but as I look at the reflections, it would only need a small fraction of a degree.

[Karl Egressy]

Love high key images and this is one of them, Doug.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Doug, nice bit of thinking in creating something different.

TFS
Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Doug - The thumbnail on this one jumps out. Very well done, a definite wallhanger.

TFS,
Rachel

[gail bisson]

One of my favorite of yours.
Love everything about it.
One for the wall I would say,
Gail

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Repost is great!
Lovely combination of colours and the bird's pose is killer. The weeds on right help balance the image and my only suggestion would be to try to fix the beak as it looks a tad over sharpened.

[dankearl]

One of the best images I have seen from you.
Nothing I would change from the repost.
Art suits you, who needs all those flight images………...

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent high key image. Love the wonderful colors on Heron, green grass with nice reflection.

Regards,
Satish.

[Marina Scarr]

It looks as though your lousy weather day produced a pretty darn special image!

[Robert Kimbrell]

Beautiful Doug, The grass gave nice balance here. I hope to find him next weekend.

[Glenn Conlan]

Outstanding Doug, you have a winner


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[Doug Brown]

Thanks everyone for the excellent feedback!

[Frank Schauf]

Superb shot! Excellent pose, great background, and very nice details.