In the Moment

bulldurham · Mar 26, 2015

tirediron · Mar 26, 2015

Ooooh, nice! Different and nice. Well done. What was the light source?

bulldurham · Mar 26, 2015

Filtered sunlight.

tirediron · Mar 26, 2015

One-in-a-million conditions!!

JustJazzie · Mar 26, 2015

Wow! Incredible lighting here. Such a beautiful shot, and I have to agree with @tirediron - one in a million!

Wizard1500 · Mar 26, 2015

Wow.....it's just perfect......very beautiful.....

Msteelio91 · Mar 26, 2015

Incredible shot, amazing light!

funwitha7d · Mar 26, 2015

superb

funwitha7d · Mar 26, 2015

superb

bulldurham · Mar 26, 2015

Thanks. This was shot between rain squalls. When I first looked the way of this egret, the sun was just breaking through and his left (our right as we look at it) was really bright. To offset this metering nightmare, I switched over to Matrix Highlight mode which blends the overexposed area to the midtones and evens out the lighting. I've had great success with this on my D810. I was only able to make two exposures before the sun disappeared again, this time for good. I just liked the more windblown look to the feathers on this one so I worked it for presentation.

MSnowy · Mar 26, 2015

NICE!

weepete · Mar 26, 2015

Wow, that's a really stunning shot.

JustJazzie · Mar 26, 2015

@bulldurham, I would really like to nominate this for photo of the month, but I can't seem to copy this in the thread because its an attachment. Does the image have any URL that I can use? I was told to right click the image but all that is doing in enlarging it!