Little Blue Heron juvi at Bunche Beach Presserve

[Bob Pelkey]

Tripod, moderate crop, sharpened, Luminance reduction, nothing else.

Little Blue Heron juvenile at Bunche Beach Preserve
Fort Myers, Florida USA

Canon EOS-1D Mark III ,Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM
1/250s f/9.0 at 840.0mm iso800

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	13-Sep-2011 07:49:17
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	840 mm
Exposure Time	1/250 sec
Aperture	f/9
ISO Equivalent	800
Exposure Bias	-1 2/3
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance	13.7 m

[gail bisson]

Great image. I love the lighting and the black BG. What is the black BG? I love the comp. A very dramatic image,
Gail

[Paolo Piazza]

nice image but... why the black bg?

[Joe Senzatimore]

Very dramatic. The light is everything in this image. Well done.

[Bob Pelkey]

nice image but... why the black bg?

The black background is "created" within the shot. What appears black is the mangrove understory at the beach. If the subject in the frame was more distant and close to the "horizon," I would have likely increased the exposure bias especially with the bird relatively dark. In this case, the setting used was required to keep the bird as presented from being blown out in the bright light. I was lucky I wasn't shooting a pure white bird as I would have misjudged the circumstances I'm sure even after hearing Artie hollering out the setting required under a similar situation fortuitous for all those within earshot when he was at Ding Darling NWR in Feb. 2010 . . .
http://swfloridabirder.blogspot.com/...morris-in.html