An Egret - Ready to take off

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An Egret - Ready to take off
Made this image today - an egret ready to take off at TG Halli near Bangalore. Got this perspective using a wide angle at close range using an infrared camera trigger. Normally I do manual metering often using an external light meter for exposure accuracy when my eyes are behind the view finder. I switch to auto exposure modes when I use remote triggers. Though I dialled in about -0.7stop compensation egret ended up getting over exposed. It is difficult to handle over exposed whites in color than in B&W so converted it into B&W. Thanks to Pramod for his help in setting the trigger - it takes good amount time and patience.

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Commentby Pramod Viswanath on Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:29 am

It's my pleasure Ganesh, no need to thank for that. It's always an honor to see you how patient you are in terms of setting up the equipment, never satisfied ( read it as complacent ) about the work you do and always strive for more. Have seen many people talk about remote photography not giving any credits to the photographer when the reality is not so. It so much of planning, setting up the equipment and executing it to perfection. Yes its very very satisfying when you see even one image the way YOU WANTED. Needs a lot of patience, hard work and smart thought process! Super image this, I don't mind the exposure of the egret, the over all lighting is unique and special.

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Commentby bharath on Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:01 pm

Great effort and nice image Ganesh. I don't mind about the over exposed Erget as it is the main subject here and sometimes it does not matter if it stands out like this. If I look at the image without the brilliant and hard work behind, I would have wanted the Erget placed in third of the frame (left here) but considering the efforts that has gone behind, its really very good. If possible, I would love to learn this technique from you someday.

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Commentby Vijay Mohan Raj on Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:49 pm

I think a thought process on the remote photography is very much required, I really feel the remote setup has two dimensions, we set it up with a broad idea but the final product would be a millisecond of that enterprise and often we ourself marvel how surprising this small element of time is with the subject, this is the true representation of that moment in time,

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Commentby Nilanjan Das on Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:41 am

Too many thoughts in my mind on this Ganesh, I think I would rather mail you than discuss here :). Cant forget the eye of the tiger as it was scratching the tree in Kaziranga, remember that image ? The snow leopard spraying as it was snowing ? :) Remember that evening ? Remember the tremors it gave us ? Still waiting for that special Daroji image Ganesh. Just want to get those tremors again :).

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Commentby Trivedi Ashvin J. on Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:02 am

Excellent image sir! I liked the over exposed egret a lot. Specially it stands out very well with darker BG. The wide perspectives are always beautiful to see specially when we see it in B&W. This image looks 3D!! :)

Commentby nirlep on Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:17 pm

Hi Ganesh,
So you've been busy getting up-close to the action,...and with telling effect. It's a beautiful composition. Somehow I don't mind the bird getting overexposed. In fact that's what makes the image for me in terms of providing a strong anchor and the softening it brings about. Great shot once again!