brave egret

jeff lapoint

thought he would take off, but this little dude was too happy sunning himself to bolt on me. still trying to get the hang of the 400...today i bagged the monopod and went commando (handheld). comments/suggestions appreciated









thanks for looking

-j

bfjr

really nice Jeff
they all stand out, like the OOF backgrounds( I hate that Bokeh word ), the softness in the whites (with detail), well done

lynnma

Beautiful indeed

Harryb

Excellent Jeff. You handled an extremely difficult exposure (backlit all white bird) perfectly. On the first shot I would have composed it differently. You have the egret in the left side of the frame looking left. I would have moved him more to the right of the frame to give him more space to look into.

jwear

Jeff very nice i will go along with Ben on color and detail [and the head also ] but i did tell you that stick is more for fishing than for shooting

jeff lapoint

bfjr wrote:

really nice Jeff
they all stand out, like the OOF backgrounds( I hate that Bokeh word ), the softness in the whites (with detail), well done

thanks ben. i kinda got lucky with the setup and how this guy was just standing there...

jeff lapoint

lynnma wrote:

Beautiful indeed

thanks for the kind comments lynn!

jeff lapoint

Harryb wrote:

Excellent Jeff. You handled an extremely difficult exposure (backlit all white bird) perfectly. On the first shot I would have composed it differently. You have the egret in the left side of the frame looking left. I would have moved him more to the right of the frame to give him more space to look into.

thanks harry. good call on that comp...i was thinking more about the differential lighting and opted to go with the shadows...i'll recrop.

-j

jeff lapoint

jwear wrote:

Jeff very nice i will go along with Ben on color and detail [and the head also ] but i did tell you that stick is more for fishing than for shooting

thanks jeff. glad i got a lens where the hood is permantly attached

jeff lapoint

recropped!

Harryb wrote:

Excellent Jeff. You handled an extremely difficult exposure (backlit all white bird) perfectly. On the first shot I would have composed it differently. You have the egret in the left side of the frame looking left. I would have moved him more to the right of the frame to give him more space to look into.

thanks for the tip harry. any better now?



-j

Eric&Susan

Hey Jeff
I like the placement of the egret better on the reworked one These are some great pics, so sharp and right on the money

Eric

jeff lapoint

Eric&Susan wrote:

I like the placement of the egret better on the reworked one These are some great pics, so sharp and right on the money

Eric

thanks eric! i like it better too...still trying to develope the tao of cropping

hey man, isn't there a wedding coming up real soon?

-j

Eric&Susan

jeff lapoint wrote:

thanks eric! i like it better too...still trying to develope the tao of cropping

hey man, isn't there a wedding coming up real soon?

-j

Yeah, it's on Saturday. We've been running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to finalize everything. Just when it looks like everything is done something else gets added to the list. Went to pick up the tuxes today and they sent the wrong color vests and ties:bluduh .

eric

Harryb

jeff lapoint wrote:

thanks for the tip harry. any better now?

-j

Yeah I like it better. The big question is do you like it better?