Jumping and Darting Egrets

Giphsub

From an hour on Kamogawa River in Kyoto today. Comments welcome.

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Travis

Nice series. It may be my monitor (work laptop) but the images look mildly underexposed. A slight levels adjustment should make them pop. Sharpness and captures are awesome.

Harryb

Great detail in those shots Mike.

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Travis wrote:

Nice series. It may be my monitor (work laptop) but the images look mildly underexposed. A slight levels adjustment should make them pop. Sharpness and captures are awesome.

Cheers Travis. You could be right, I did some very quick pp on my laptop under different light to my usual spot, so I may have missed the levels on them. It was overcast though and quite dark at times, so the shots don't have the bright feel of a sunny day.

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Harryb wrote:

Great detail in those shots Mike.

Thanks Harry! I sat and watched the one egret there for a good 45 minutes. He was extremely active.

BigAl

Nice set Mike Were these with the Bigma?

Travis wrote:

Nice series. It may be my monitor (work laptop) but the images look mildly underexposed. A slight levels adjustment should make them pop. Sharpness and captures are awesome.

They aren't underexposed on mine. More exposure would blow out the whites.

riddim_maker

Great set Mike
Well exposed, composed and presented

bfjr

Harryb wrote:

Great detail in those shots Mike.

and like the angles

Travis

Looking at these on my home monitor, I stand corrected. The look perfect!

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BigAl wrote:

Nice set Mike Were these with the Bigma?



They aren't underexposed on mine. More exposure would blow out the whites.

Thanks BigAl! No, I have been using the Nikkor 18-200 here in Kyoto because the birds let you get very close, and I still don't have a decent tripod for the Bigma.

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riddim_maker wrote:

Great set Mike
Well exposed, composed and presented

Thanks Russ I blew the whites a little the previous outing and was watching a bit more closely that day.

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bfjr wrote:

and like the angles

Cheers Benjamin He was pretty helpful with the angles. He worked a zigzag grid and kept coming back to face me!

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Travis wrote:

Looking at these on my home monitor, I stand corrected. The look perfect!

Well no worries anyway! Cheers.:D

Ric Grupe

Good ones, Mike.

#6 is a really nice action shot!

jwear

lots better on the white that nikon glass does look better looks like you got one acting like a reddish

dbaker1221

great shots..love em!!

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Ric Grupe wrote:

Good ones, Mike.

#6 is a really nice action shot!

Thanks Ric! You know I have about 5 shots almost the same like that one. He was so active and caught a heap of fish!

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jwear wrote:

lots better on the white that nikon glass does look better looks like you got one acting like a reddish

Thanks Jeff! Yeah I was watching the highlights more closely. Acting like a reddish??

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dbaker1221 wrote:

great shots..love em!!

Cheers Dave! It's always nice to know I'm doing more than just amusing myself with these!