The Devil is in the Details

[Chris Korman]

The Devil is in the Details



ISO1600, 1/1600 sec, F/8, Square cropped, Curves Layers Adjustment, Cloned out some small background debris.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice Chirs but I have to say shootuing angle is less than ideal in this one and I don't see much detail in the whites. moving to your left and getting lower if possible would have improved this a lot. Also image is a bit small at this size, you can post up to 800 pixel tall for verticals.

[Chris Korman]

I've uploaded a larger version per your request.

Re. Whites, I am not sure but an egret is usually white? The whites are not all 255's

Re. Camera angle good idea. Though in this case the water I think is creating something interesting with the head--a trident.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Chris, the reflection and the lovely water make this for me. Arash has a point about the shooting angle, but it is not always possible to get lower.

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

Yes , egrets should be white, but you don't want the whites at 255, which means they are overexposed and won't show detail. I generally shoot for the 245-250 range at most, on the whitest possible areas.
A correctly exposed histogram will show significant info in the far right box, but you hope for no more than a few flashing highlights. Those can be easily recovered in post usually, and this exposure will generally give you the best shadow detail also.

Sometimes you will have whites that measure at 250 for example, but you just don't see any detail at all in them. Although they are technically not blown, the lack of detail suggests that that area is still somewhat overexposed from a practical standpoint, and would show more texture and detail with a slightly lower exposure.

Look forward to more!

Cheers

Randy