Sunrise at East Beach

[Fabs Forns]

I love silhouettes, especially on a light trail :) I stopped down a lot to get texture in the water. I know there's a big spike in the red channel, but that's what the image is about IMO.
Fort DeSoto, East Beach.

Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens (mm): 200 (100-400L)
ISO: 1000
Aperture: 22
Shutter: 1/640
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[Tony Whitehead]

Very good Fabs, Really catches that early morning feel. I might clone out the poles and the angular lump ohm the horizon to keep the image as simple and symmetrical as possible

[Markus Jais]

Great shot with fantastic colors. The heron is exactly at the right place. I agree with Tony on cloning out the poles.

Markus

[Jim Fenton]

Like it a lot.

Agree with cloning out the tall stuff in the BG and I might have cropped the bottom a bit to where the major part of the birds shadow trails off?

[Judd Patterson]

Fabs, that is gorgeous! The entire scene really conjures up memories of warm Florida sunsets. I think I might have erred and cropped the bird in closer, but I really like how you included the entire trail of golden light in the water.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Love it as is and wouldn't change a thing. I love how the sun , bird and reflection all line up.

[Harshad Barve]

Wow ! excellent image Fabs , liked it very much as posted
TFS

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful light and colors!

[Steve Bein]

stunning!!!!!!!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Only you know how Fabs. Lovely setting, and just being at the right place at the right time. Well captured.

[Raymond Barlow]

Beautiful Fabs, another classic! the reds look just fine.

[arash_hazeghi]

Like this one a lot Fabs, looks like a spot light, it has a great feel to it. would just clone out the posts and not touch anything else. congrats

[Morkel Erasmus]

stunning mood and I like the comp too Fabs...

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Fabs, I am a big fan of these sort of images. The shadow is really cool. Very interesting and unique comp. I like how there is a sorta closure to the light trail at the bottom edge. The eyes stay in the image.

In such images, how to prevent the red from creeping into the bird? I have that in a few of my images as well.

[Fabs Forns]

In such images, how to prevent the red from creeping into the bird? I have that in a few of my images as well.

It depends how intense the light is behind the silhouette. I guess underexposing more may correct the blending but at a steep price because you loose the color.

Thanks everyone.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx for quick reply. You are right. I have tried underexposing but the color punch gets lost.