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Feather Duster

Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
edited December 29, 2011 in Wildlife
Little Blue Heron shaking off all the dust, this was taken in Florida this year.


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Regards - Dennis

Dennis Kaczor Photography

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    HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2011
    Gorgeous Dennis, love that black BG. clap.gif
    Harry
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    bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2011
    Terrific image Dennis ... agree with Harry, love the black background
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    Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    Gorgeous Dennis, love that black BG. clap.gif

    Thanks very much Harry, and the BG is very nice in this image, makes all that feather dust stand out.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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    Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2011
    bhowdy wrote: »
    Terrific image Dennis ... agree with Harry, love the black background

    Thanks Bob, and glad that you enjoyed this as well.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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    lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2011
    Post in Dgrin Photo for 2011?
    Gorgeous. Consider posting it in the Dgrin photo for 2011?

    Phil
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    Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited December 26, 2011
    lifeinfocus wrote: »
    Gorgeous. Consider posting it in the Dgrin photo for 2011?

    Phil

    Thanks Phil for the comments and I will consider putting in Dgrin for 2011.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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    PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited December 27, 2011
    Dennis, that is such a cool photo! How did you do it? It was night with a flash? And is that an immature Little Blue Heron? The ones we have here are kind of purplish blue. Happy New Year! Pam
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    Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited December 28, 2011
    PGM wrote: »
    Dennis, that is such a cool photo! How did you do it? It was night with a flash? And is that an immature Little Blue Heron? The ones we have here are kind of purplish blue. Happy New Year! Pam

    Pam, first of all thanks for your comments on this image.

    This image was taken in the later afternoon and the sun was very bright on the bird, so there are a couple of things that you can do.

    Exposure Compensation.
    Spot Metering on the bird itself and in this case I used spot metering, doing this allows me to control the exposure on the bird as not to blow out the whites.

    What happens when you choose either method is that you are controlling the whites and when that happens the background becomes darker which is the case in this image.

    And I almost forgot this is a juvenile Little blue, and I will be posting more of the ones you are used to seeing soon. Happy New Year Pam, and if you have any questions please feel free to ask away.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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    D90markD90mark Registered Users Posts: 79 Big grins
    edited December 28, 2011
    Really incredible image and good explanation of that technique. Thanks for sharing that.
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    Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited December 28, 2011
    D90mark wrote: »
    Really incredible image and good explanation of that technique. Thanks for sharing that.

    You are more than welcome, and thanks for the comments.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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    PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited December 28, 2011
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    Pam, first of all thanks for your comments on this image.

    This image was taken in the later afternoon and the sun was very bright on the bird, so there are a couple of things that you can do.

    Exposure Compensation.
    Spot Metering on the bird itself and in this case I used spot metering, doing this allows me to control the exposure on the bird as not to blow out the whites.

    What happens when you choose either method is that you are controlling the whites and when that happens the background becomes darker which is the case in this image.

    And I almost forgot this is a juvenile Little blue, and I will be posting more of the ones you are used to seeing soon. Happy New Year Pam, and if you have any questions please feel free to ask away.

    THANK YOU, DENNIS! That is very helpful! Happy New Year. Best, Pam
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    Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2011
    PGM wrote: »
    THANK YOU, DENNIS! That is very helpful! Happy New Year. Best, Pam

    I'm glad that this was helpful Pam. Happy New Year!
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
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