I am seeing some egret images from gatorland, including one from Art Morris.
This is my interpretation of an egrets' grace, poise and pure colors.
I have a question. I am noticing a tendency to blow the highlights in many of the egret shots which are posted on this forum, whereas i prefer to underexpose and bring out the textures in the whites also, and not just focus on the green beak parts. I request you to give your opinion on what looks better.
regards
girish
Last edited by Daniel Cadieux; 02-23-2010 at 07:35 AM.
Reason: Fixed link.
I like the pose, composition and head angle. It would have been even stronger with the sun behind you. As presented it looks a bit underexposed. I guess the light was already a bit harsh. Please post the complete techs, it is helpful to know that you dialed in -1 EC.
I fixed your link. As a "Forum participant" you need to host your image from another site (such as the picasa you are using). To have the image, and thumbnail, show up you need to paste the image's URL into the "Insert image" box (yellow square with a mountain, found just above the text box.) Using the forum's server to upload images is just but one of the incentives to become a full-fledged member;).
As for your image, I like it overall. Maybe you could have moved to your left a bit to get the sun directly behind you to avoid some of the heavier shadows. It does give off a certain mood though, so if you like it than that is fine too. I haven't seen to many "blown" images of egrets. Most people expose for the whites, meaning pushing the histogram as far right without clipping highlights. With a dark BG such as you have here yes you needed to have some negative EC to avoid blowing the whites. As posted yours is not "underexposed" taht much. Egrets with a light BG need some positive EC to make it look white rather than grey - maybe this is what you are seeing elsewhere...and it doesn't mean they are "blown".
P.S. Good comp, I just wish the darker band above wouldn't intersect with the bird's head. Would you have been able to move higher to place it in a better spot?
Great Egret
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