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    Default Eager to Learn, Spotlight Image for 4/14/09 Brian Wong

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    Congratulations Brian Wong
    Try Portrait, Try Landscape, Try Composition, Try Color.....

    EOS 40D, 16-35/2.8 @16mm
    1 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1600, tripod mount, bracketed manual exposure off sky

    Try Portrait, Try Landscape, Try Composition, Try Color ...

    In reading the "Eager to Learn" post by Cheryl Flory "Image needs help":

    http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=34816

    I too, often find myself wondering how best to photograph a given situation. So what to do? The time is well before sunrise, is seriously backlit, and the wild subject easily spooked.

    In this image, because it was so dark, I didn't think that a portrait of the subject was easy to happen. So this is my attempt at working the situation with what I had ... I thought start going wide, and try making a landscape. See if I can capture the color. In experimenting, I have found that I buck the general exposure trend here (in exposing to the rightmost histogram). In this case, I was bracketing, and have found that -1 or even -2 can really help bring out the color in the sky. Does the intense color and gradient draw you to the subject, and can you tell what the subject is? Does it work for you?

    Thank you for looking, and your suggestions are always appreciated.

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    Congratulations Brian on IOTW! I liked this the first time I saw this and like it even more now. Well done!

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    Well done Brian!
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    Great work! Congrats!

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    Congratulations! Well deserved!

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    Congratulations, Brian!

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    Congratulations Brian...:cool:

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    Super image and congrats on your win!

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    congrats Brian

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    Puuuurfect, Brian, big congrats!

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    Beautiful, congrats Brian!

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    Congrats Brian, Well Deserved

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    Congrats Brian, very nicely done. I love the image!

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    Congrats Brian, Well Deserved :)

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