Marge Barham
June 2018 - Up, Up and Away
About the Image(s)
I was in central Florida when I captured this Great White Egret taking off. It's beautiful white feathers made me try to change it to a black and white. Not sure if I did it correctly but I like how it came out. Taken with my Canon 80D, Canon Lens 100-400mm, and settings were f8, 1/4000 sec., ISO 800, 140mm.
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8 comments posted
A great flight image with wings extended. I like the bw and think it works. I think that you could straighten the horizon line and bring out more detail in the highlights and shadows using VIveza. I used the blur tool to remove the white fringing. You might also try flipping it horizontally. Posted: 06/06/2018 09:33:35
Thank you Art for your comments. I am curious why you would flip this photo. The legs going from left to right lead my eyes right into the photo. That doesn't happen when you flip it. Posted: 06/10/2018 19:02:08
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Taking a white bird in flight is not always the easiest exposure and you have done exceptionally well. I also like the mono color as the main subject, the Great white egret, is already white, is a good choice.
Well done Marge. Posted: 06/08/2018 00:51:14
Well done Marge. Posted: 06/08/2018 00:51:14
Thank you Gerhard! Posted: 06/10/2018 19:02:46
Marge I can tell you how difficult is to photograph this beautiful birds in flight. You caught a wonderful moving one, great focus, excellent B&W tonal range. And yes, you are right the image doesn't need to be flipped since the bird is flying from left to right. Excellent image capture. Posted: 06/16/2018 09:52:15
Thank you Gabriele! Posted: 06/23/2018 20:18:40
Marge, We read from left to right so the common sense expectation is that we would read a painting or photo the same way. Studies of how the eyes move when looking at photos and paintings have documented that is not the case. It varies depending on many factors dark areas, light areas, sharpness, leading lines, etc. I flipped this because I think that when the diagonal line goes from lower right to upper left it creates more tension. In art the preference is up to the viewer. Posted: 06/18/2018 22:45:32
I am sorry to be late.
I don't want to be too influenced by the remarks of others, so I am trying not to see those, while I give you my own thoughts.
In my opinion this is almost a perfect image.
The contrast of black and white on the bird, and the white against the grey sky, the detail in the wings, the sharp eye are telling a story of this gorgeous bird.
A little more room on the right would have been nice. If you could have gotten a little higher or lower so the feet weren't in the dark trees could have made it really special.
Posted: 06/23/2018 13:33:51
I don't want to be too influenced by the remarks of others, so I am trying not to see those, while I give you my own thoughts.
In my opinion this is almost a perfect image.
The contrast of black and white on the bird, and the white against the grey sky, the detail in the wings, the sharp eye are telling a story of this gorgeous bird.
A little more room on the right would have been nice. If you could have gotten a little higher or lower so the feet weren't in the dark trees could have made it really special.
Posted: 06/23/2018 13:33:51