Three Egrets

[wigz]

Three egrets (Eastern Great Egrets, I think) lit by the setting sun. The right-most one is not in focus unfortunately.



Another shot from this afternoon. This was the most productive outing I've had for months.

[Grumpy John]

I really like the lighting in this image Alan. The reflections add an extra dimension also, well done.

[Toddyh]

Interesting lighting for sure. The birds do pop out at you.
I would crop of the bottom so the reflections almost act as leading lines.

[wigz]

Thanks John and Toddy. I will try a small crop off the bottom.

[Isac]

Nice work wigz. Reflections are really good too. A little darkish but it works here to show that the sun is on the way down.

[wigz]

Thanks Isac. I'm still unsure of the pp on this. Brightening it makes the birds look blown, brightening the shadows make it look washed out, and I like the contrast between birds and background. I'll go back to it in a few days.

[Isac]

Do you have RAW or JPG? CS6 shadows adjustment seems to work well, have you tried it? It's pretty powerful. I have an action that does it in one go if you want it.

[wigz]

Thanks Isac, I have CS6 so no problem there.

[Isac]

Here's the action if you want it. It's the last action in the set and is very subtle so you can run it a few times until you get the result you're after.
Isac Images SHARPEN - SHADOWS Actions.zip