Egret Flight shot at 200mm

NorthernLights · 9th April 2006

Was walking around near my house when I saw this egret take off and managed to shoot one in flight.

raptor84 · 9th April 2006

I think would have been better if egret was not dead center? I like the sillouette composition though...

joeyao · 9th April 2006

How come your shots are always so noisy?

lower · 9th April 2006

I really like the egrate shot

cool stuff!

Jeff · 9th April 2006

second image is nice, but perhaps would like to consider upcropping top of the tree n reduce bottom dark potion to minimum? it will deliver a better impact this way.

i think the noise in first image originates from severe under exposure/high ISO setting. most probably u shooting at metered reading. if backlit, try manual dial in. But it would appear to me u will not have ample lighting to do so either.

NorthernLights · 9th April 2006

Originally Posted by Jeff

second image is nice, but perhaps would like to consider upcropping top of the tree n reduce bottom dark potion to minimum? it will deliver a better impact this way.

i think the noise in first image originates from severe under exposure/high ISO setting. most probably u shooting at metered reading. if backlit, try manual dial in. But it would appear to me u will not have ample lighting to do so either.

Oops...I composed it with this compressed look and with only part of the tree and did not crop my Photo. So no way I can 'uncrop'.

Thanks for your opinion!

I was shooting the egret at 7pm and well, I had very little light.

NorthernLights · 10th April 2006

Originally Posted by Jeff

second image is nice, but perhaps would like to consider upcropping top of the tree n reduce bottom dark potion to minimum? it will deliver a better impact this way.

i think the noise in first image originates from severe under exposure/high ISO setting. most probably u shooting at metered reading. if backlit, try manual dial in. But it would appear to me u will not have ample lighting to do so either.

This for example?

Jeff · 10th April 2006

Originally Posted by NorthernLights

This for example?

yes something along this line. keep e horizon low with the tree dominating 1/3 of e frame. do keep e trunk (not possible here). will be very ideal is u could catch e sun to e xtreme end (2 balance) or directly behind. of course to deliver e correct mood, one must also see e rounded yet blurred out hydrogen bomb.

hope u don't mind cause i thnk i watched too much african safari liao

I think Tim has a similar thread sometime back but was taken in Malaysia. Mood was very different cause bery early in the morning so a lot of fog. But i think if u go along that line than i suppose u r heading for e right direction. Or maybe not. I normally do some experiments and decide on what I want, less on what people critiqued. it's still best to assimilate everything, though most of e time it's easier said than done

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Jeff

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joeyao Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 755	Re: Egret Flight shot at 200mm How come your shots are always so noisy?

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lower New Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 34	Re: Egret Flight shot at 200mm I really like the egrate shot cool stuff!

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Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,513	Re: Egret Flight shot at 200mm second image is nice, but perhaps would like to consider upcropping top of the tree n reduce bottom dark potion to minimum? it will deliver a better impact this way. i think the noise in first image originates from severe under exposure/high ISO setting. most probably u shooting at metered reading. if backlit, try manual dial in. But it would appear to me u will not have ample lighting to do so either.