India - Shooting against the light.
Sep 6, 2020 11:59:20 #
Light is fascinating, shooting against light is a challenge and can create some striking results. An attempt in this direction by me.
Cotton Teal
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River Tern
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Black Drongo
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Eurasian Cuckoo
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Whistling Duck
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Jungle Bush Quail
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Garganey Duck
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Greater Flamingos
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Black Headed Ibis
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Sep 6, 2020 13:09:57 #
Indrajeet Singh wrote:
Light is fascinating, shooting against light is a challenge and can create some striking results. An attempt in this direction by me.
Sep 6, 2020 13:15:16 #
Light IS fascinating and your work with it is marvelous. I love all of them!
Sep 6, 2020 13:58:25 #
Excellent set Indrajeet. I always enjoy your photos. Beautiful birds.
What is the last bird in your set?
What is the last bird in your set?
Sep 6, 2020 14:50:12 #
Sep 6, 2020 15:36:28 #
Indrajeet Singh wrote:
Light is fascinating, shooting against light is a challenge and can create some striking results. An attempt in this direction by me.
Outstanding.
Against the light? Isn't that normal? You go looking for birds or other subjects, find the perfect position and they all appear on the other side with the sun behind them.
Sep 6, 2020 15:48:25 #
Wonderful shots. I especially love backlit shots with the halo effect.
Sep 6, 2020 19:16:14 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
You've got a great eye! Keep up the good work.
My favorite among these is the flock of flamingos. Love the colors in that one!
I agree, shooting against the light can make for a great look thanks to rim lighting, the glow of semi-transparent feathers and wings, highlights on water, etc.
One thing to watch out for, though, is that it can easily cause a camera to under-expose quite a bit. Several of your images suffer from a lot of under-exposure... esp. the ibis and a couple of the duck shots. When shooting against the light, there are bound to be some "blown out highlights" setting off warnings (like "blinkies" that some cameras have). Those are hard to ignore, but can only lead to under-exposure.
In addition, because we're shooting the "shadow" side of a backlit subject, it can cause a blue cast.... particularly on days with a lot of blue sky and around water.
A flash or some sort of fill light from a bounce card can help, but are pretty much impossible to use with birds. The alternative is great care to avoid under-exposure and some post-processing to deal with loss of contrast, color casts, etc. That can be done highly selectively, so it doesn't effect the background (such as with the quail), or it can be an overall adjustment of the most or the entire image.
All that aside, you've got some truly wonderful shots there.... IMO, they deserve some careful post-processing to bring out their very best.
My favorite among these is the flock of flamingos. Love the colors in that one!
I agree, shooting against the light can make for a great look thanks to rim lighting, the glow of semi-transparent feathers and wings, highlights on water, etc.
One thing to watch out for, though, is that it can easily cause a camera to under-expose quite a bit. Several of your images suffer from a lot of under-exposure... esp. the ibis and a couple of the duck shots. When shooting against the light, there are bound to be some "blown out highlights" setting off warnings (like "blinkies" that some cameras have). Those are hard to ignore, but can only lead to under-exposure.
In addition, because we're shooting the "shadow" side of a backlit subject, it can cause a blue cast.... particularly on days with a lot of blue sky and around water.
A flash or some sort of fill light from a bounce card can help, but are pretty much impossible to use with birds. The alternative is great care to avoid under-exposure and some post-processing to deal with loss of contrast, color casts, etc. That can be done highly selectively, so it doesn't effect the background (such as with the quail), or it can be an overall adjustment of the most or the entire image.
All that aside, you've got some truly wonderful shots there.... IMO, they deserve some careful post-processing to bring out their very best.
Sep 6, 2020 19:36:29 #
Outstanding series for sure!
The ibis and drongo are my favorites too! Those whistling ducks make me smile with their almost clumsy looking poses, coming in for the landing.
Thanks for sharing your fantastic images!
Rob
The ibis and drongo are my favorites too! Those whistling ducks make me smile with their almost clumsy looking poses, coming in for the landing.
Thanks for sharing your fantastic images!
Rob
Sep 7, 2020 06:03:06 #
Indrajeet Singh wrote:
Light is fascinating, shooting against light is a challenge and can create some striking results. An attempt in this direction by me.
Very nice set Micki
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