Hoodie Drake

[Joe Senzatimore]

Another from the other day at Mill Pond in Seaford. The males are tough to expose with the whites and blacks. This was in AP at minus 2/3. Any more would have killed the black detail altogether.
Any suggestions would be great.
320 ISO f5.6 at 1/1000th

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, details and angle. I think it needs some CCW rotation and maybe you could get some more details in the blacks using curves.

[Doug Brown]

Agree about the exposure nightmare, but the whites look hot to me. I'd look for some softer light when photographing hoodies. Like the pose.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, softer light or cloudy conditions work best for theis type of hard-to-expose-in-sunlight species. Also, if you are close enough you can expose for the whites and let the flash do its' work on the blacks. I like the sideswiped coif here. The pose itself looks like this guy was quite wary and about to bolt!