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Dec 15, 2014 20:20 |  #1

I went out shooting yesterday at a local park for a change. My friend Andy and I spotted a few egrets among other birds.
I decided it would be a good time to try for a few "artistic" shots. I was trying for a darker BG and well exposed bird. with the Great Egret.

What do you guys think?

With a snack. It actually washed the worm off in the water before eating it.

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And a slightly different angle/framing.

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And the Snowy Egret.
This guy was much smaller than the Great Egret.

I took this portrait because it let me close and the water in the BG looked amazing with the fall leaves reflecting in it.

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Dec 16, 2014 01:42 |  #2

Beautiful set Jeremy. White birds can be so difficult to get a good exposure on without blowing or washing them out. You have a kind of spot light effect on the first couple that makes them stand out a bit.

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Dec 16, 2014 07:06 |  #3

great stuff Jeremy

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Dec 16, 2014 07:57 |  #4

Very nice shots, Jeremy.

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Dec 16, 2014 08:00 |  #5

Good shots.

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Dec 16, 2014 11:27 |  #6

Great set Jeremy! Really like the BG in 4 and 5. :)

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Dec 16, 2014 13:12 |  #7

Agree with John with the exposure. Beautiful set Jeremy as always.

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Dec 16, 2014 14:46 |  #8

Very nice set, Jeremy. My favorite birds.

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Dec 16, 2014 16:41 |  #9

Well done Jeremy.

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Dec 16, 2014 22:33 |  #10

Thanks everyone for the comments.

These are 2 different Heron which is cool. Great egret on top (black legs) and Snowy on the bottom, Black/yellow legs.

The Great egret up top was shot to expose only the bird correctly or slightly underexposed. This gave the "spotlight effect" John mentioned. I'm glad it worked as planned as I haven't tried it before.


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