One from Bolsa Chica

SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
edited July 6, 2006 in Wildlife
Overcast and windy day. I was freezing even with a wind breaker ... ten miles inland in the 90's+ ... go figure. First attempt at birds and I was disappointed with my results ... back to the drawing board. Here is one I kinda liked:

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    ?ne_nau.gif you blew the whites ne_nau.gif right headscratch.gif so you did a black and white eek7.gif would that be right or did you shoot black and white headscratch.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    Seefutlung wrote:
    Overcast and windy day. I was freezing even with a wind breaker ... ten miles inland in the 90's+ ... go figure. First attempt at birds and I was disappointed with my results ... back to the drawing board. Here is one I kinda liked:

    79840024-M.jpg

    Interesting shot. I have experimented with B&W treatments of some of my egret shots but haven't come up with one I was happpy with yet. Nice work. thumb.gif
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    jwear wrote:
    ?ne_nau.gif you blew the whites ne_nau.gif right headscratch.gif so you did a black and white eek7.gif would that be right or did you shoot black and white headscratch.gif

    mmmmh, essentially yeah ... wasn't on my game that day ... but I do a lot of B&W conversions in my normal processing. There are times when I have been tempted to shoot in B&W only.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    Not a bad B&W, but I'm like Harry I've tried a couple here and there with not much success. ne_nau.gif

    Bolsa fools most new visitors as it doesn't seem as bright as it is.
    During the summer even at 4pm on I'm usually down from .7 to 1+ stop EV on most white birds. The main reason this happens is your shooting from shade but your subject is in bright light over the water, made even brighter by the reflection from the water.

    On Skimmers it's a bit different because you want detail in the blacks. I normally shot only .3 to .7 EV. I will accept a tiny bit of blown area. Then during post I'll dial down the blown areas and bring out as much detail in the darks as I can by using D-Lighting or LCH Editor or both.

    Hope that helps.
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Interesting shot. I have experimented with B&W treatments of some of my egret shots but haven't come up with one I was happpy with yet. Nice work. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

    I'm sure that it will be just a matter of time. I am returning to Bolsa Chica and maybe get serious this time ... maybe some panning. More B&W to come :<)
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    Here my best shot from the day:

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