thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 12月21日 10時16分

Photograph by @andyparkinsonphoto/@thephotosociety
Grey heron in dawn light – As soon as I saw this heron, spot-lit on the top of a precarious twig I knew immediately of the photographic possibilities. Grey herons, along with birds such as great crested grebes, mute swans, puffins and even coots are great to work with in these kind of marginal lighting situations because of the presence of white on their heads. As this heron is front lit, where the sun is coming from behind me, it is always my preference in these situations to retain all of the detail in the white parts of the bird. Inevitably the white part of the birds head, as they are in direct sunlight, requires a very fast exposure, much faster for example than its grey flanks or the shawdowed forest behind. By exposing for the white parts of the heron the rest of the image naturally falls into varying degrees of underexposure and it is this effect that exaggerates the dramatic, spot-lit effect, further enhancing the image. Learning to use these kind of lighting situations to your advantage is one of the most useful things that you can do so I’d definitely encourage you to get out there and practice on whatever species occur close to where you live. The dappled light that naturally occurs in forest or park areas are as good a place to practice as any but just be aware of how difficult it would be to gauge the exposure for an image such as this whilst using aperture priority. Looking at this image now I’d guesstimate that on aperture priority I’d probably need to have my exposure compensation somewhere in the region of -2 or -2⅓ but remember that as you create varying compositions, with varying degrees of light and dark you’ll continually need to keep checking, and adjusting that exposure compensation. Or you could simply set the exposure and Manual and as long as you keep checking you should be good to go. Please #followme at @andyparkinsonphoto to keep up-to-date with my images @andyparkinsonphoto @ナショナルジオグラフィック @thephotosociety #Bengaltiger #ethicsbeforeimages #phototips #educateandinspire #nature #naturelovers #wildlifephotography

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