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    Default Tricolored Heron B&W Silhouette

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    This image was created on 31 January 2021 at Black Point Drive, Merritt Island NWR. I used the handheld Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM lens (at 472mm) and the highly touted 45MP Canon EOS R5 Mirrorless Digital camera body. ISO 1250. Exposure determined via the in-viewfinder histogram and highlight alert evaluation confirmed as perfect by RawDigger: 1/1000 sec. at f/7.1 (wide open) in Manual mode. AWB at 7:32am on a morning with lots of clouds in the east. Face Detection + Tracking/AI Servo AF was active at the moment of exposure and performed well; see the DPP 4 screen capture below.

    To learn more about the creation of this image, see three more from the same "pewter" morning, learn about RawDigger, and learn about my R5 AF e-guide, see the Pewter Visions. RF 100-500 (100mm) Versatility. Two-Gun Morris. An Angelic Blur. Thinking Clean, Bold, and Graphic! And Creating B&W Silhouettes during the raw conversion blog post here.

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    Such awesome image, Artie. Very creative use of light and contrast. Wide crop with white negative space is great. Screams metal print to me.

    I'd clone out the light spots on the reflection. The same for the few black spots on the white water.

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    This is lovely Artie; you are an inspiration! I like Dorian's suggestions, and print on metal!

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    Artie, a great read. I lol'd because I remember you calling me that day sharing how you ended up with something like 90 frames after pressing the shutter 90 times... only you should have had about 10 times more images Happens to the best of us!

    Anyhow, love you pushing creative boundaries. This is really neat. I think it's a little too contrasty though ;-)

    Thanks for sharing and for pouring your heart into the craft for newbies like me!

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    Artie:

    Like some of us more mature guys, I grew up with black and white, and have a soft spot for it still. This is bold for sure. Just for personal taste, I would like to see a bit more ripples showing around the birds legs, and I would add just a sliver of more canvas to the right, seems a bit crowded too far to the right, event though all our attention is to the left because of birds pose/bill pointing.

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    Interesting image Arthur. I like the creativeness, composition and agree with Dorian's suggestion to remove the white spots and print it.

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