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Mar 28, 2024 07:44:50   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
Great Egret in breeding colors. Green eye lore and a skirt. Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 463mm f6.3, 1/2000 sec. iso 400. Manual exposure based on green leaf reading and then stopping down anywhere from 1.5 to 3 stops depending on the brightness of the subject. You do not want to blow out the highlights while retaining detail in the shadows.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.



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Mar 28, 2024 08:20:15   #
theaverlo Loc: Iowa
 
Beautiful bird!

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Mar 28, 2024 08:25:38   #
photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
 
billnikon wrote:
Great Egret in breeding colors. Green eye lore and a skirt. Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 463mm f6.3, 1/2000 sec. iso 400. Manual exposure based on green leaf reading and then stopping down anywhere from 1.5 to 3 stops depending on the brightness of the subject. You do not want to blow out the highlights while retaining detail in the shadows.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.


Elegant feathers.

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Mar 28, 2024 09:11:51   #
jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN
 
You did well. Beautiful

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Mar 28, 2024 10:18:18   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
More great exposure info sir!

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Mar 28, 2024 11:20:20   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Nice image.

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Mar 28, 2024 12:03:31   #
lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.
 
very cool,you nailed the white,i usually blow them out!

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Mar 28, 2024 12:17:07   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
billnikon wrote:
Great Egret in breeding colors. Green eye lore and a skirt. Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 463mm f6.3, 1/2000 sec. iso 400. Manual exposure based on green leaf reading and then stopping down anywhere from 1.5 to 3 stops depending on the brightness of the subject. You do not want to blow out the highlights while retaining detail in the shadows.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.


Great light and capture 🤍💚🤍

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Mar 28, 2024 12:34:07   #
joemcl1
 
Lovely!

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Mar 28, 2024 13:10:59   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
lukevaliant wrote:
very cool,you nailed the white,i usually blow them out!


That's why manual really pays dividends. Take a manual off green grass, green tree, you see, green reflects just about the same as a gray card, it's like carrying a gray card with you. Then drop 1.7 to 2.5 stops for that white bird.

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Mar 28, 2024 14:07:13   #
lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.
 
thank you!!!

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Mar 28, 2024 17:56:13   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
billnikon wrote:
Great Egret in breeding colors. Green eye lore and a skirt. Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 463mm f6.3, 1/2000 sec. iso 400. Manual exposure based on green leaf reading and then stopping down anywhere from 1.5 to 3 stops depending on the brightness of the subject. You do not want to blow out the highlights while retaining detail in the shadows.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.



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Mar 29, 2024 14:13:00   #
Fredstersphotos Loc: Long Island NY
 
Beautiful image!

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Mar 29, 2024 14:54:42   #
linda lagace
 
Really really nice. I also stop down quite a bit when shooting egrets

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Mar 30, 2024 16:46:21   #
JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles
 
Very nice!

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