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[Kerry Perkins]

I like to think that I generally know what is going to come out of my camera for a given shot, but...

I was shooting egrets after the sun went down, using my flash as the primary light source. I heard a bird fly out from behind a tree so I panned the camera up and pushed the button. Imagine my surprise to find this shot when I downloaded the images. I haven't done a thing to it other than re-size for uploading. With some NR and playing around I think I can make something cool with it, but I couldn't believe how interesting it is just the way it was captured! :)

[Dan Brown]

Very bazaar and cool Kerry! Should be fun to play with!

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Dan. That was the strangest thing... The camera decided to expose at 1/15th and the flash made that "pop" sound that it would do when flashing at full power. Freaky! :eek: Even stranger is that I had the camera set for first curtain sync, but I could swear that the flash fired at the end of the exposure.

[denise ippolito]

Kerry very cool effect! It's amazing to me some of the images that can be produce in camera w/o trying:):D I like the sense of motion and the leaves are very interesting. Thanks for sharing your creation!!

[Harshad Barve]

this is so interesting and lovely creation , never though such images can be made in-camera
TFS

[Dave Mills]

Hi Kerry, I like your use of color and the way you created the leaves on the left. I would have liked to have seen the bird somewhat lower in the frame. It looks like it's leaving the image. Not sure if I like the idea of half the bird dark and the other half very light.

[Cindy Cone]

Cool image for right out of the camera, Kerry. It really created an interesting effect for the leaves - looks almost like frost on a window pane. I hope you continue to see what else you can do with it.

[Christopher Miller]

What a cool image, Kerry! Like the effect you got, particularly on the leaves. Would be nice if the bird was lower in the frame, but great image nonetheless!

[Mark Fuge]

Neat image Kerry and neat story.

HA could be better! ;) :D Just kidding ... of course! ;)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

This is pretty cool Kerry. Love the flashed eye too. I would be very happy if this came out of my camera.