Snowy Egret At Wakodahatchee Wetlands
This is a black & white interpretation of a shot that I took at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, in Delray Beach, Florida. I was there in March of 2025, during the mating season for many birds, including this gorgeous snowy egret, perched in full sun with at dark background.
I've been working with DxO's Nik Silver Efex, experimenting to see which color images might benefit from B&W interpretation. I think this one works because the gamut is from pure white to pure black, with lots of nice details.
Photo-geeks that look at my setting may thing that I"m crazy to shoot at ISO 800, instead of ISO 100, which required a shutter speed of 1/10000-sec. to avoid blowing out the details of the bright white bird. ISO-800 is a Base ISO for this particular camera and I was set up to try to catch birds in flight. When I came upon this beauty, I just spun my shutter speed dial until the whites were not over exposed. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Here's a link to the color version:
www.flickr.com/photos/dcstep/54402373887/in/album-7217772...
Snowy Egret At Wakodahatchee Wetlands
This is a black & white interpretation of a shot that I took at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, in Delray Beach, Florida. I was there in March of 2025, during the mating season for many birds, including this gorgeous snowy egret, perched in full sun with at dark background.
I've been working with DxO's Nik Silver Efex, experimenting to see which color images might benefit from B&W interpretation. I think this one works because the gamut is from pure white to pure black, with lots of nice details.
Photo-geeks that look at my setting may thing that I"m crazy to shoot at ISO 800, instead of ISO 100, which required a shutter speed of 1/10000-sec. to avoid blowing out the details of the bright white bird. ISO-800 is a Base ISO for this particular camera and I was set up to try to catch birds in flight. When I came upon this beauty, I just spun my shutter speed dial until the whites were not over exposed. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Here's a link to the color version:
www.flickr.com/photos/dcstep/54402373887/in/album-7217772...