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Little Egret

coker
Posted 18/11/2012 - 14:27 Link
Down near the river, a while ago.

K7, 150-500.
ISO 200, 1/800th.@ f8, +1.3 stops exp. compensation.
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Hope you like it!

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Blythman
Posted 18/11/2012 - 14:44 Link
Excellent Roger. See you're getting used to the Bigmos
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womble
Posted 18/11/2012 - 18:13 Link
Lovely image. Have you thought about a square crop (and loosing the top part of the image)?

K.
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coker
Posted 18/11/2012 - 18:35 Link
Thanks, Alan.
Yes, beginning to get the hang of it after a very shaky start earlier this year!

Something like this, Womble?

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I think it helps the image. Thanks for the pointer!


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Edited by coker: 18/11/2012 - 18:36
Frogfish
Posted 18/11/2012 - 19:12 Link
Nice shot ... what colour were the feet ?
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womble
Posted 18/11/2012 - 19:25 Link
Yes, that looks good to me. K.
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coker
Posted 18/11/2012 - 19:53 Link
Thanks, Frogfish.

They were yellow. You can just make out the shape of one, ruffling the breast feathers where it's standing on one leg, the other held up.

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Stuey
Posted 18/11/2012 - 19:55 Link
I like this
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Frogfish
Posted 19/11/2012 - 07:24 Link
coker wrote:
Thanks, Frogfish.

They were yellow. You can just make out the shape of one, ruffling the breast feathers where it's standing on one leg, the other held up.

Roger.

Just confirming it was a Little and not Intermediate !
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fatspider
Posted 19/11/2012 - 10:21 Link
Difficult to get them with their feet showing, they either have them covered with feathers (like this) or ankle deep in water

There seems to be a lot of noise there for ISO200 though:
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coker
Posted 19/11/2012 - 20:53 Link
Two things perhaps, Alan.

1. It's quite a decent crop.

& 2. I compensated the original exposure by 1 1/3 stops because of the brilliant white bird against the very subdued b/g. However, when I processed it, the b/g needed lifting because it was (then, deliberately) under-exposed, hence the noise. (Which I don't mind, by the way.)

Would there have been a different/better way round the white bird, dark b/g conundrem?

I've also now removed the twig growing out of its back!

Roger.
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Edited by coker: 19/11/2012 - 20:55
coker
Posted 19/11/2012 - 21:02 Link
Re-work from original with non-adjusted b/g.


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