I was photographing flying terns this morning when this egret came into range. The image is cropped, sharpened and tweaked in Lightroom. The histogram shows no clipping. But I cannot get any more detail in the wings (and I think it is fairly sharp; perhaps not . . . is it soft). Suggestions?
Hi Wendell, Not sure, but could the noise reduction in Lightroom have removed the detail in the wings? Might be worth checking. Like the pose and agree with Al on giving the bird more room. Bird looks reasonably sharp to me, maybe could use a little more sharpening on the head.
I've noticed a similar lack of detail in wings that face the light source directly in some of my own images of great and snowy egret images. Even though the whites are not blown! I think that it may be due to an insufficient shutter speed, especially if the bird is fairly close. My conjecture is that the closer the bird, the higher the shutter speed needs to be to capture fine detail. There may be another explanation, however. Light needs to hit an object at a slight angle, and not head on, to maximize detail expression. In other words. small shadows need to be present or there is nothing to define the feather structure. Again, just a hypothesis.
regards~Bill
Hi Wendell - agree with the above - does feel a bit tight - would be better with some more room.
Looks like it could use a tad more sharpening to my eyes.
Keep them coming :)
Egret taking off
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