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PatandRich
Aug-31-2005, 05:45 PM
The snowy and great egret are some of the hardest birds to shot for me. The bright white against a dark or muddy backround is a challenge for me. Here are a few atempts using spot and exposure compensation:

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http://patandrich.smugmug.com/photos/25762219-L.jpg

http://patandrich.smugmug.com/photos/27287265-L.jpg

I really like this one it is right out of "A Nigtmare Before Christmas"
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gluwater
Aug-31-2005, 05:55 PM
Nice shots.

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Nick
PatandRich
Aug-31-2005, 06:16 PM
Thanks Nick,

Lets give it a try:

Sibling rivalry

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bfjr
Aug-31-2005, 07:16 PM
Welcome and very nicely done :thumb
Harryb
Sep-01-2005, 05:13 AM
Good shots of one of my favorite subjects. Welocme to Dgrin BTW.. Hope to see more of your work in the very near future.
jwear
Sep-01-2005, 05:17 AM
glad you got the posting thing --it takes a lot of time to look when you be on dail up the other way ==very sharp pics :thumb
Rohirrim
Sep-01-2005, 06:08 AM
Beautiful shot. Very sharp and very well captured moment. :thumb
Osprey Whisperer
Sep-01-2005, 06:46 AM
Welcome to Dgrin and thanks for sharing some of your shots. Nice job.

BMP
Steve Cavigliano
Sep-01-2005, 01:25 PM
P and R,

Welcome to Dgrin :wave and thank you for sharing your lovely egret shots with us :thumb :thumb

Yep, those white birds are tough to expose correctly, but you did really well on these :clap

I'd give away Harry's 500mm lens just to have spot metering :lol3 Oh well, I don't think that's gonna happen, so I too will keep dialing in negative EV comp....lol

Thanks for sharing,
Steve
PatandRich
Sep-01-2005, 04:06 PM
Thanks All,
They ware take at the Palo Alto CA WLP. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. The egret took over a small grove of palm trees and the amount of nesting egets and night herons was amazing.

Steve I was out numbered at least 3:1 C to N. Most with the 300,350 or 20. Some with the big guns and glass that had all drooling. Most of the guys in my D70 range were shooting with the 9% setting and keeping the hightlight down.
You may want Spot but I would kill for ISO 100 for less then $5000http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif

Rich