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Something odd happened last summer. Twelve Egrets would congregate on a pond early before sunrise, they'd fish for 30-45 minutes, and then they dispersed. Nobody could tell where they came from, or to which parts they went after their breakfast. Several days in a row, twelve egrets flew in like clockwork , one "witch" short of a full coven of 13. They came, they ate, and then they flew off.

Unfortunately, it was difficult doing any photography in such low light. For one, even 1DX with a fast lens such as 400 f/2.8 had a hard time focusing on the poorly lit birds. One morning I pressed my 50 f/1.0 into service, and this is the result, without lifting any shadows or trying to get a "proper" exposure. Instead, I left the image the way I "felt" the scene.

(Only 11 birds shown in the image, I can't tell where the 12th one was at the time.)


Feb 27, 2017 at 09:37 PM
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Something odd happened last summer. Twelve Egrets would congregate on a pond early before sunrise, they'd fish for 30-45 minutes, and then they dispersed. Nobody could tell where they came from, or to which parts they went after their breakfast. Several days in a row, twelve egrets flew in like clockwork , one "witch" short of a full coven of 13. They came, they ate, and then they flew off.

Unfortunately, it was difficult doing any photography in such low light. For one, even 1DX with a fast lens such as 400 f/2.8 had a hard time focusing on the poorly lit birds. One morning I pressed my 50 f/1.0 into service, and this is the result, without lifting any shadows or trying to get a "proper" exposure. Instead, I left the image the way I "felt" the scene.

(Only 11 birds shown in the image, I can't tell where the 12th one was at the time.)


Feb 25, 2017 at 05:30 PM
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A coven of witches (shot with 50 f/1.0)


Something odd happened last summer. Twelve Egrets would congregate on a pond early before sunrise, they'd fish for 30-45 minutes, and then they dispersed. Nobody could tell where they came from, or to which parts they went after their breakfast. Several days in a row, twelve egrets flew in like clockwork , one "witch" short of a full coven of 13. They came, they ate, and then they flew off.

Unfortunately, it was difficult doing any photography in such low light. For one, even 1DX with a fast lens such as 400 f/2.8 had a hard time focusing on the poorly lit birds. One morning I pressed my 50 f/1.0 into service, and this is the result, without lifting any shadows or trying to get a "proper" exposure. Instead, I left the image the way I "felt" the scene.

(Only 11 birds shown in the image, I can't tell where the 12th one was at the time.)


Feb 25, 2017 at 05:07 PM
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A coven of witches


Something odd happened last summer. Twelve Egrets would congregate on a pond early before sunrise, they'd fish for 30-45 minutes, and then they dispersed. Nobody could tell where they came from, or to which parts they went after their breakfast. Several days in a row, twelve egrets flew in like clockwork , one short of a full coven of 13, they came, they ate and then they flew off.

Unfortunately, it was difficult doing any photography in such low light. For one, even 1DX with a fast lens such as 400 f/2.8 had a hard time focusing on the poorly lit birds. One morning I pressed my 50 f/1.0 into service, and this is the result, without lifting any shadows or trying to get a "proper" exposure. Instead, I left the image the way I "felt" the scene.

(Only 11 birds shown in the image, I can't tell where the 12th was at the time.)


Feb 25, 2017 at 06:05 AM





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