Loon w/ lilly pad

[Charles Glatzer]

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Loons and More MI 06/'09

A magical evening, indeed!

1Ds Mark III, 600IS, full frame
Manual (incident), 1/320 @ f/8, ISO 400
Post-production- LR2, CS4

See you where there is light, or at the computer

Best,

Chas

[Paul Kusmin]

Beautiful shot Charles, I love the soft lighting and head turn.
detail is nice as well.
The bit of vegetation to the right of the bird is the only bit that I might consider editing out.

[Charles Glatzer]

Paul,

:), the lily pad is what I like about this particular image, providing a sense of habitat, scale, depth perception, etc.

Best,

Chas

[Harold Davis]

beautiful light and detail on the bird. the water is fantastic. agree, i like the inclusion of the lily pad.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

So you used an incident meter and then set exposure manually? What was the metering mode and was it Al Servo etc.

[Charles Glatzer]

So you used an incident meter and then set exposure manually? What was the metering mode and was it Al Servo etc.

Yes, incident set manually. Meter mode was Manual, as opposed to Av or Tv. Meter Pattern (Eval, cntr, spot) in camera is irrelevant since I used incident to determine exposure. Focus was AIS w/ focus point positioned over head.

Chas

[Grace Scalzo]

Fine image, Chas. A small detail that I love is the pattern of water droplets on the loon's face.

[Tony Whitehead]

I like the light and the head attitude gives a really serene feeling to this. I think an incident light meter is a very underused tool.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Lovely bird Chas.

The light here is lovely as are the details. Well seen.