I'd say try spot metering the Egret add a couple of stops then let the rest of the tones in the image fall where they may, but none of your cameras has a spot meter, (and unfortunately a hand held spot meter is quite pricey), then bracket like hell.
Rebekah wrote: > that's why they're evil ;) > > On 9/21/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's hard to shoot egrets, they're very white and yours shows no detail >> in the feathers at all. >> >> Rebekah wrote: >> >>> nice! I love that purple-looking water...where did you take that >>> picture? The water around here is brown...;) here's one of mine, I >>> just had it rejected from the gallery. They must have known it was >>> evil. >>> >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO/photo?authkey=W1C-i05p28o#5112635158088756322 >>> >>> rg2 >>> >>> On 9/21/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Rebekah wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> How do you tell a bad egret from a good one? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> the bad ones show up as blown out on the pictures ;) therefore, I've >>>>> concluded that they're all evil. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Har! >>>> >>>> This must be a good one, but just barely: >>>> http://www.robertstech.com/graphics/pages/7d400403.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Remember, it's pillage then burn. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

