Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
Sony a1, Sony 600 f4 @ f4, 1/3200 sec. iso 640. Manual exposure was taken from green trees that were hit by the sun the same as the Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Green grass and foliage reflect just about the same % of light as a gray card. So it is sorta like taking a gray card every where you go.
I did not stop down any further because of the dark colors of the Heron, if I had been exposing for a White Egret, I would have stopped down two to three stops to retain feather detail.
I like to shoot my 600 wide open, it tends to be sharp corner to corner at f4 and or course helps to eliminate back group clutter.
Thanks for viewing.
Right now things at Wakodahatchee are really popping. Middle of March, April and May are always good months to visit.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
Sony a1, Sony 600 f4 @ f4, 1/3200 sec. iso 640. Manual exposure was taken from green trees that were hit by the sun the same as the Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Green grass and foliage reflect just about the same % of light as a gray card. So it is sorta like taking a gray card every where you go.
I did not stop down any further because of the dark colors of the Heron, if I had been exposing for a White Egret, I would have stopped down two to three stops to retain feather detail.
I like to shoot my 600 wide open, it tends to be sharp corner to corner at f4 and or course helps to eliminate back group clutter.
Thanks for viewing.
Right now things at Wakodahatchee are really popping. Middle of March, April and May are always good months to visit.