Two dark BG shots

BigAl

Haven't been around too much recently, but would like to know what you think of these two shots:

Little Egret (not Snowy :wink)




Egypytian Goose (Bigma handheld, no support)




Biggest problem here was trying to avoid blown out whites - didn't get it right with Egyptian Goose, but maybe better with Little Egret :dunno

ShepsMom

I think they're beautiful Your white looks awseome and i absolutely love Egyptian Goose, where did you find him? Great work!

Maestro

I think you did fine on both counts! That Egyptian Goose looks grand!

Dennis Kaczor

Nice shots here, and I don't think that these are too dark at all. Nice shooting.

dbaker1221

good shots Al.. .I think I like the Goose best. the egret is good but it seem like it could "pop" a little more.

Dick on Aruba

I think they both great captures.

The 2nd is just fine. Sometimes you forced to accept some blown whites if you needthe rest to be perfect.

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

BigAl

ShepsMom wrote:

I think they're beautiful Your white looks awseome and i absolutely love Egyptian Goose, where did you find him? Great work!

Thanks Marina! They are very common down here. This was taken at a hide in a sanctuary not too far from where I live. He few on to the wall of the walkway to the hide and seemed to be inspecting the beams of the roof of the hide as a possible breeding place...

dbaker1221

Dick on Aruba wrote:

I think they both great captures.

The 2nd is just fine. Sometimes you forced to accept some blown whites if you needthe rest to be perfect.

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

hmmmm........Dick's right....I would have probably blown it out big time.

BigAl

Maestro wrote:

I think you did fine on both counts! That Egyptian Goose looks grand!

Thanks! Believe it or not I thought of binning the goose ...

raptorcaptor

Nice Al! What kind of egret is it?

douglas

Nice detail in both, well done

BigAl

Dennis Kaczor wrote:

Nice shots here, and I don't think that these are too dark at all. Nice shooting.

Thanks Dennis, I was worried about the goose being too dark.

jwear

color dif . in the little egret from our snowys --I do not think we have them here

BigAl

dbaker1221 wrote:

good shots Al.. .I think I like the Goose best. the egret is good but it seem like it could "pop" a little more.

Thanks! I looked at fiddling with an S-curve in curves, but it blew the whites.

BigAl

Dick on Aruba wrote:

I think they both great captures.

The 2nd is just fine. Sometimes you forced to accept some blown whites if you needthe rest to be perfect.

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

Thanks for the kind words Dick - I suppose we can't have it all ways with tricky lighting like this...

BigAl

raptorcaptor wrote:

Nice Al! What kind of egret is it?

Thanks Glenn! It's a Little Egret, marginally different to the Snowy Egret you get in the States. The Snowy has yellow on the face at the base of the bill whereas the Little has greeny-grey. I believe there is also some difference with the plumes behind the head.

raptorcaptor

BigAl wrote:

Thanks Glenn! It's a Little Egret, marginally different to the Snowy Egret you get in the States. The Snowy has yellow on the face at the base of the bill whereas the Little has greeny-grey. I believe there is also some difference with the plumes behind the head.

Yes, I was thinking he looks a bit like a little blue heron in its white juvenile phase.

BigAl

douglas wrote:

Nice detail in both, well done

Thanks Douglas!

BigAl

jwear wrote:

color dif . in the little egret from our snowys --I do not think we have them here

Thanks Jeff. According to Wikipedia they are starting to move into North America now.

Harryb

Two good captures. Sometimes you have to blow the white to get the details in the darker areas. Sometimes it works and smetimes it don't; this time it worked.

BigAl

Harryb wrote:

Two good captures. Sometimes you have to blow the white to get the details in the darker areas. Sometimes it works and smetimes it don't; this time it worked.

Thanks Harry, kind words are always much appreciated. You've been less active on the boards lately

Harryb

BigAl wrote:

Thanks Harry, kind words are always much appreciated. You've been less active on the boards lately

I've spent the last week in St Croix and I've been sick since I've returned so my activity has been a tad limited.

BigAl

Harryb wrote:

I've spent the last week in St Croix and I've been sick since I've returned so my activity has been a tad limited.

Sorry to heat that :cry

Hope you feel better soon...