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\"Egret<\/a>

Egret and the Rubble<\/p><\/div>\n

This image might break all kinds of compositional rules, but I like it. “Egret confronts the rubble: a study in contrast.” or something of the sort. Somehow the whole thing hangs together for me. The delicate, even elegant, bird; the massive frame of broken concrete; the texture of both concrete and the fragment of rope; even the splash of whitewash on the right…it all coheres to produce an image that has a kind of balance, maybe even elegance, of its own.<\/p>\n

The Egret even moved slowly enough to allow me to get Exposure Compensation set for the white of the plumage.<\/p>\n

Sony DSC H50 at 465mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1\/600 @ ISO 100. Programed Auto, with -1 EV exposure compensation.<\/p>\n

In Lightroom, a bit of Recovery for the plumage. Added Vibrance and Clarity in the Presence panel, and Sharpen portrait preset.<\/p>\n

From Galveston 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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