In the Moment

[bulldurham2]

 

[tirediron]

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

 

[bulldurham2]

Filtered sunlight.

 

[tirediron]

One-in-a-million conditions!!

 

[JustJazzie]

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

 

[Wizard1500]

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

 

[Msteelio91]

Incredible shot, amazing light!

 

[funwitha7d]

superb

 

[funwitha7d]

superb

 

[bulldurham2]

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]

NICE!

 

[weepete]

Wow, that's a really stunning shot.

 

[JustJazzie]

@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!

 

[bulldurham2]

For Just Jazzie and thanks!

 

[Rick50]

Great catch. Just wonderful lighting....