Thanks Jack. No spot metering, just the multi-segment of the K20D. With RAW, that usually gets me close enough, and I figured the combination of a dark background and white subject would bring me pretty close to equilibrium on the exposure. I did use the flash, and it provided some fill in the shadow areas. It also lit his eye a bit. On Aug 31, 2008, at 8:03 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
> Nice, Paul. Well done feather exposure. Spot metering? I don't > imagine you needed the flash in this case. > My guess is also a "Great Egret", although size is difficult to > estimate. > Yellow bill likely means it's not a "Snowy" Egret(?) > > Jack > > --- On Sat, 8/30/08, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: PESO: Some Kind of Egret >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 8:22 PM >> I would guess this is a Great Egret, but I'm no expert. >> In any case, >> I spotted him perched in a tree next the trickle of the >> Rouge River >> that spills over the dam of one of the lakes in Bloomfield >> Hills, >> Michigan. A heron was standing near him in the water. But I >> was on my >> way to the bank and didn't have a camera. Gee, I ought >> to go home for >> the camera, I thought. But no. Figured they'e both be >> gone. Finished >> some of my estate executort business at the bank and >> realized I was >> missing one of the four checkbooks I needed. So I drove >> back home for >> the checkbook. The heron was gone, but the egret was still >> there. So >> I picked up the K20D, A 400/5.6, 540 flash and Xtender >> along with the >> checkbook. On my way back, much to my surprise, the egret >> was still >> sitting on the same branch where I had first spied him. So >> I parked >> the car, crept up to within about 50 feet and clicked off a >> few >> shots. Not great light, but I worked on it a bit in >> conversion. And >> here it is. >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7768636. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
