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    Default October project: Backlit/silhouette - White Egret

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    Caught this egret just as the sun dropped below trees.

    Canon 7D, 500L, f/5.0, 1/5000, ISO 200, -1ev
    Cropped to vertical
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    I very much like the mood you present. Very serene. Your departure from a pure silhouette works well. There is just enough front lighting to show the white plumage and I like the blues and blacks in the water and ground, respectively. I also like the spotlight effect on the ground just beneath the subject. I see a bright spot on the lower mandible which I take to be a water droplet Well done.

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    Richard:

    Good critique from David. I might consider a very slight crop down from the top.
    This one would be fun to tweak with a bit more exposure, bit less, just to see how the feel changed.

    Cheers

    Randy

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    Nice image - I like the detail.

    The background seems a bit dark. I agree with the suggestion to adjust exposure or just adjust the background.

    It might also work well with a bit tighter crop - particularly off the top and a little off the bottom.

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    Though I do like the fluffed up plumage the mild backlighting with the rather dark BKGR does not work for me. Richard, see if you can arrange for a few Snowy Owls at West End this DEC please :)
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    For me this image has lots of potential. Tweaking the shadows on the egret (making them darker), while retaining the rim-light and see-through lighting would work well. I'd also crop some canvas off the bottom, perhaps up to half the perch (although I realize the image is already cropped alot). Thanks for participating in this month's project Richard!!:)

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    Thanks all for your comments. I applied the suggestions and think I got a little more from the image. There are just so many ways this shot could be handled.

    And Artie, we are all hoping for a visit this winter from the Snowy Owls.

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