Some kind of Egret (great)???

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I was intrigued by Chas Glatzer's post in wildlife yesterday when he said he processes things in Capture One , then imports to CS4, so I though I would try it. All I did was slight linear burn on the whites, a bit of sharpening on the eye and feathers, and NR on the BG. Thought it came out pretty sharp with good colours. I will be experimenting with the program on the W/E some more, They have a 30 day trial period.
7D
ISO 500
500mm
f5.6
Manual -1 EC
1/6400 s
Could have backed down on the ISO, but it was a whirlwind day of shooting.
Flash @ -3 (guess)
Comment Appreciated

[kostas nianiopoulos]

Nice one Jackie .. Nice new avadar too .. :)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Thanks Kostas:)

[Katie Rupp]

Yes indeed, a Great Egret and it looks great! Nice detail in the whites and ever so sharp; love the bg, too.

[Peter Farrell]

Nice focus on the eye, good detail and nice BG

[Ray Rozema]

very good. Great sharp detailand whites look good.

TFS
Ray

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jackie

Capture One is a nice program, just depends on your work flow.

Excellent head shot, would only like to have the head a little twiested CCW ... btw neat avatar !!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jackie - looking good - nice head shot and good details throughout.
Agree with AL - just depends on your workflow - personally I prefer the non third party apps for conversion - just so that it picks up on your in camera settings :)
Good show :)

[Bill Dix]

Very nice, Jackie. Love the composition. Whites look fine to me, and the colors - bird and bg both - are handsome. Well done!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Nice portrait Jackie. Great Bg also. Just a little turn of the head as Al mentions.
Cool avatar :p

[Harold Davis]

loving that bg!! whites look fantastic!! just the slight head turn as mentioned.

what's with all the avatar changes?

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Just to see if you are paying attention Harold:D

[BillTyler]

Yes, this is a Great Egret. That spot in the neck's s-curve where it looks like it's broken (but isn't) is pretty distinctive.

Bill