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[sedwards]

I was trying to get a shot of this coot last year in florida and was having trouble exposing for the blacks without overexposing the water and the beak. i took a few shots at different exposures and got the beak just right but the bird was a little dark but easy to correct in post. The sky was bright overcast and the reflection made the water look white. I was pretty lucky there was no wind and no junk floating on the water. this is not the shot i had intended and only gave it a quick glance after taking it last year. While scrolling through old files I landed on it and thought it was worth editing.
5DIII 400mm , f7.1 , 1/500 , iso1600
5D3_99822 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

I was trying to get a shot of this coot last year in florida and was having trouble exposing for the blacks without overexposing the water and the beak. i took a few shots at different exposures and got the beak just right but the bird was a little dark but easy to correct in post. The sky was bright overcast and the reflection made the water look white. I was pretty lucky there was no wind and no junk floating on the water. this is not the shot i had intended and only gave it a quick glance after taking it last year. While scrolling through old files I landed on it and thought it was worth editing.
5DIII 400mm , f7.1 , 1/500 , iso1600
5D3_99822 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

These are very difficult but I really like this with the reflection and no horizon it has a special feel to it.