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Apr 15, 2022 13:14:04   #
flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert
 
Rule of thumb: Backlighted subject, especially one that may run/fly away: add light:+1 - 1 1/2 stops. Or Exposure Compensation +1-2.

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Apr 15, 2022 16:29:38   #
trapper1 Loc: Southside Virginia
 
Thanks for the recommendation. Due to my lack of photography skills it will take me a few tries to get it right but that won't keep me from trying.

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Apr 25, 2022 02:49:58   #
home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana
 
The sun on the subject's from the side or even the back. Thus the background is properly exposed and the subject is under exposed. Post processing the exposure of the subject may help.

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May 6, 2022 19:01:33   #
mikee
 
trapper1 wrote:
Had the chance of a lifetime this afternoon...


I kinda like pic number 2. Forces me to look for a bit to see what is going on with vegetation below and above.

For pic number 1, I wonder if a circular polarizing filter may have been helpful. It would reduce the exposure a stop and a half or so, and cut down on the bright reflection off the water's surface. You still have composition concerns, because part of the bird is surrounded by dark, and part by light, backgrounds. I know, you can't always pic and place your subject.

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