The Things I See
Night Bird
Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 2 January 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Grizzly Island, California - Jan. 1, 2008
You can watch the Grizzly Island Video here.
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
Craig, this is wonderful. The whiteness against the black is stunning.
2 Jan 2008 5:50am
Betty from Harmony, United States
Great black and white, I really like the reflection of the bird in the water!
2 Jan 2008 12:31pm
badala from Leiria, Portugal
Just another very nice shot, again the b/w is a perfect choice here.
2 Jan 2008 12:46pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
great image - the bird is so bright against the dark background it almost looks like it is glowing.
2 Jan 2008 12:59pm
Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa
Awesome capture! Like the reflection in the water.
2 Jan 2008 1:35pm
Photographs by M.E. from Encino, United States
good one on the application of B&W!
2 Jan 2008 4:10pm
MontereyJohn from Salinas, California, United States
The reflection is way cool, but he looks blown out on my monitor, no body detail. Do I need a new monitor???!!!
2 Jan 2008 4:54pm
@MontereyJohn: Hi John! Thanks for your reply. I don't know if you need a new monitor or if your monitor or my monitor need to be adjusted. I attempted to get the bird as white as possible and leave ever so slight details in him. It works on my monitors but I'm not positive mine is calibrated absolutely correctly. I've calibrated my monitors recently with both Adobe Gamma and huey/xrite calibration devices. But, I believe the results are still somewhat subjective. I do run two monitors on my system: an LCD monitor and a CRT monitor. This image is best viewed on my LCD. Details on the CRT are a bit more blown out. Thanks for your comment John! You're always welcome at my site!!!
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Very dynamic and graphioc, its like the bird (is it an Egret) is lighting the water in front of it, an amazing capture, and I love how you handled it.
2 Jan 2008 10:46pm
@Richard_Irwin: Yes, it is a Snowy Egret. Thanks for all your comments Richard!!!
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Awesome image Craig...love the soft reflection and the light
2 Jan 2008 11:01pm
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
Nice B&W shot of the bird! His reflection almost looks like the light of the moon reflected on the water.
3 Jan 2008 2:12am
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
I can’t help but agree with friends above. This is indeed absolutely stunning, Craiger. I love it. Truly exceptional lighting, contrast, composition yet again. This one almost leaps off the screen, imho. Thank you also for the link to the video of Grizzly Island. I really enjoyed viewing it. Truly awesome and beautiful wildlife in nature, especially when undisturbed by mankind’s intrusion!
3 Jan 2008 2:46am
Rags from Plano, United States
totally amazing. I love the look of the reflection.
3 Jan 2008 3:13am
Carson from Portland, United States
Just beautiful. Everybody else has said the rest...:)
4 Jan 2008 2:53pm
pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal
nice craiger a fine example of a egretta garzetta.
5 Jan 2008 11:24am
@pedro alexandre: Thanks! Egrétta thúla though. :0)
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
A bird reflecting in the water at night? You are a wonder Craig.
11 Jan 2008 8:22pm
Sony DSC-H9
1/1000 second
F/4.5
ISO 80
78 mm