As I have been "on" birds for the summer so I don't get here much.
This morning I was at our local Waterfowl Park to catch some golden light. The muskrats, which are locally common, were very active, presumably stocking their cupboards for the impending winter. This one was diving to the shallow bottom and uprooting aquatic plants.
Lots of people call images like this "high key" but they really aren't like the high key fashion and advertising images popular a few years back. In this case I simply exposed for the subject and let the BG fall where it may- some of it is blown.
I cropped a little and cleaned up the water a tad. I could have removed the weed from the animal's head but decided that it told a story of toil and left it.
Canon EOS 50D, 500mm f4
capture date: Saturday, November 1, 2008 8:11:26 AM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/160
aperture: f4.0
exposure bias: +0.3
metering: Pattern
flash: OFF
Yes, high-key in the good olde days referred to white on white. FYI- the pixel police will get ya for the blown pixels. In the real world an editor will care less, as long as the subject is properly exposed and the image has impact ... I would only make the image a touch darker. Nice capture.
John,
I would agree with Chas regarding toning it down a little bit. It would show the rings in water better. I like those things floating around in the semi-circular manner. Are they leaves?
I can just agree with my predecessors. Making the surrounding a little bit darker will help the picture. The exposition on the Muskrat is very good and you took a great POV and did a good composition here.
Muskrat
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