Baby Egret

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Canon 400 5.6L, 1.4 tele, provia 100F Pushed 2 stops, tripod Hamptons LI NY

-- steven sisti (stevesisti@aol.com), June 26, 2000

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Sorry, wasn't aware of the 1 posting per week limit. My apologies.

Regards, Steve

-- Steven Sisti (stevesisti@aol.com), June 26, 2000.


Technically there's also a size limit -- 50k. But I'll let others worry about it.

There's an interesting expression here, but the image seems too cramped by the grass. I think while the out-of-focus blades worked well in your last post, or at least did not detract greatly from the image, here they do, especially the upper left-hand leaf. Maybe cropping off the top just above the last wispy feathers would help my perception, as the grass at the bottom actually helps the framing a bit.

-- Christian Deichert (torgophile@aol.com), June 26, 2000.


Since you have a contrasty situation her, it might have been wise to spot/center wt the meter on the bird's forehead and open up a stop and a half or even 2 stops. Might have kept this area from being washed out. Depth of field at this range is hard to do on a "wiggly" subject but you did it and I like the composition as is.

-- Jeff Hallett (franjeff@alltel.net), June 27, 2000.

I like the depth of field (hard to get a long beak and eyes in relative sharp focus. I also like the two leaves on either side of the egrets head that bring the focus toward the center of the picture. What is that string looking thing growing out of the side of his head. Looks like someone "noosed" the poor fella. I don't mind the out of focus branches in front of him...it put's him in his environment well. Contrast appears high. Could this be brought together by fill flash....or would this light up the foreground out of focus grass?

-- Mark LaGrange (mark.lagrange@nml.com), June 29, 2000.

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