{"id":34197,"date":"2016-07-14T03:29:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T07:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=34197"},"modified":"2016-07-13T21:24:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T01:24:59","slug":"dealing-with-bright-whites-in-full-sun-how-difficult-an-exposure-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2016\/07\/14\/dealing-with-bright-whites-in-full-sun-how-difficult-an-exposure-is-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Bright Whites in Full Sun; How Difficult an Exposure is This?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What&#8217;s Up?<\/h3>\n<p>Right now all things post-op are on hold. As I have shown some real improvement in the past two-three weeks we are gonna give it another six weeks or so. My next visit with Dr. Thill in Orlando will be on August 25, right after I get back from Long Island. <\/p>\n<p>I prepared this post in about an hour on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p><center><noscript><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/8\/55973;1705289;0;209;0\/?ft_width=728&#038;ft_height=90&#038;url=9277912\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/imp\/8\/55973;1705289;205;gif;BirdsAsArt;728x90\/?\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/noscript><br \/>\n<script language=\"Javascript1.1\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar ftClick = \"\";\nvar ftExpTrack_1705289 = \"\";\nvar ftX = \"\";\nvar ftY = \"\";\nvar ftZ = \"\";\nvar ftOBA = 1;\nvar ftContent = \"\";\nvar ftCustom = \"\";\nvar ft728x90_OOBclickTrack = \"\";\nvar ftRandom = Math.random()*1000000;\nvar ftBuildTag1 = \"<scr\";\nvar ftBuildTag2 = \"<\/\";\nvar ftClick_1705289 = ftClick;\nif(typeof(ft_referrer)==\"undefined\"){var ft_referrer=(function(){var r=\"\";if(window==top){r=window.location.href;}else{try{r=window.parent.location.href;}catch(e){}r=(r)?r:document.referrer;}while(encodeURIComponent(r).length>1000){r=r.substring(0,r.length-1);}return r;}());}\nvar ftDomain = (window==top)?\"\":(function(){var d=document.referrer,h=(d)?d.match(\"(?::q\/q\/)+([qw-]+(q.[qw-]+)+)(q\/)?\".replace(\/q\/g,decodeURIComponent(\"%\"+\"5C\")))[1]:\"\";return (h&&h!=location.host)?\"&ft_ifb=1&ft_domain=\"+encodeURIComponent(h):\"\";}());\nvar ftTag = ftBuildTag1 + 'ipt language=\"javascript1.1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" ';\nftTag += 'src=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/imp\/8\/55973;1705289;201;js;BirdsAsArt;728x90\/?ftx='+ftX+'&fty='+ftY+'&ftadz='+ftZ+'&ftscw='+ftContent+'&ft_custom='+ftCustom+'&ftOBA='+ftOBA+ftDomain+'&ft_referrer='+encodeURIComponent(ft_referrer)+'&cachebuster='+ftRandom+'\" id=\"ftscript_728x90\" name=\"ftscript_728x90\"';\nftTag += '>' + ftBuildTag2 + 'script>';\ndocument.write(ftTag);\n<\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>The Streak<\/h3>\n<p>Today\u2019s blog post marks a totally insane, absurd, completely ridiculous, unfathomable, silly, incomprehensible, what&#8217;s wrong with this guy?, makes-no-sense, 246 days in a row with a new educational blog post. And I still have dozens of new topics to cover; there should be no end in sight until my big South America trip next fall. As always-\u2013and folks have been doing a really great job recently\u2013-please remember to use our B&#038;H links for your major gear purchases. For best results use one of our many product-specific links; after clicking on one of those you can continue shopping with all subsequent purchases invisibly tracked to BAA. Your doing so is always greatly appreciated. Please remember: web orders only. <strong><em>AND Please remember also that if you are shopping for items that we carry in the new BAA Online Store (as noted in red at the close of this post below) we would appreciate your business.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/snowy-egret-flight-bright-sun-_r7a3831-gatorland-kissimmee-fl.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/snowy-egret-flight-bright-sun-_r7a3831-gatorland-kissimmee-fl.jpg\" alt=\"snowy-egret-flight-bright-sun-_r7a3831-gatorland-kissimmee-fl\" title=\"snowy-egret-flight-bright-sun-_r7a3831-gatorland-kissimmee-fl\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This image was created at 8:27am at Gatorland on March 10 of this year with the hand held <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1092632-REG\/canon_9524b002_ef_100_400mm_f_4_5_5_6l_is.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CA1004002LIS\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCA1004002LIS\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a>(at 400mm) and the mega mega-pixel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1119027-REG\/canon_0582c002_eos_5ds_r_dslr.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CAE5DSR\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCAE5DSR\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EOS 5DS R.<\/a> ISO 400: 1\/2500 sec. at f\/7.1. set by rote. AWB. <\/p>\n<p>Center AF point\/AI Servo Expand\/Shutter Button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure (as is always best when hand holding).As I did not pan fast enough the selected sensor was on the center of the bird&#8217;s back. Click on the image to see a larger version.  <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Snowy Egret in flight in bright sun <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"468\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=468x60&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=7761&#038;link_target=y&#038;sid=\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>How Difficult an Exposure is This?<\/h3>\n<p>Simple question.  Answer soon. Is this a difficult exposure or an easy exposure? Either way, let us know why. <\/p>\n<p>Note: my brightest WHITEs pre-conversion were right where I like them, in the 236-237 range. Bright white with detail. <\/p>\n<h3>The Image Optimization<\/h3>\n<p>After converting the image in DPP 4, I brought it into Photoshop. First I moved the pupil back in the iris using a small Quick Mask (gasp!) Next I selected the face and applied a Contrast Mask. Then I selected the whole bird and applied a layer of my NIK Color EFEX Pro 25\/25 Detail Extractor\/Tonal Contrast recipe. Even though I reduced the opacity to 50% I still had to paint the effect away on the darker white feathers to keep them from greying out. Then I moved the bird back in the frame and added canvas to the right as it had been too centered. I filled in the canvas with a stretch; the huge file size of 5DS R images makes that much more palatable than in the past. <\/p>\n<h3>Digital Basics<\/h3>\n<p>Everything detailed above is covered in detail in my Digital Basics File&#8211;written in my easy-to-follow, easy-to-understand style. Are you tired of making your images look worse in Photoshop? The <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/digital-basics-file\/\">Digital Basics File<\/a> is an instructional PDF that is sent via e-mail. It includes my complete digital workflow, dozens of great Photoshop tips, details on using all of my image clean-up tools, the use of Contrast Masks, several different ways of expanding and filling in canvas, all of my time-saving Keyboard Shortcuts, Quick Masking, Layer Masking, and NIK Color EFEX Pro basics, the use of Contrast Masks, Digital Eye Doctor techniques, using Gaussian Blurs, Tim Grey Dodge and Burn technique, a variety of ways to make selections and expand canvas, how to create time-saving actions, and tons more.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/dpp-4-guide.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/dpp-4-guide.jpg\" alt=\"dpp-4-guide\" title=\"dpp-4-guide\" width=400 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>You can order your copy of &#8220;The Photographers&#8217; Guide to Canon Digital Photo Professional 4.0&#8221;  (aka the DPP 4 Raw Conversion eGuide) by Arash Hazeghi and Arthur Morris by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/dpp-4-raw-conversion-guide\/\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The DPP 4 RAW Conversion Guide Updated<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to lots of hard work by Arash Hazeghi, the <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/dpp-4-raw-conversion-guide\/\">DPP 4 RAW Conversion Guide<\/a> has been updated. There were quite a few changes in the basic set-up and in the preferences in the latest version, 4.4.30.2 and Arash covered those in fine fashion. Most importantly, the Chrominance and Luminance NR value tables have been updated to include the 5DS (R) and the 1D X Mark II. <\/p>\n<p>If you already own the DPP 4 RAW Conversion Guide, please click here to send Jim an <A HREF=\"mailto:staffbaa@att.net?subject=DPP 4 RAW Conversion Guide Update please\">email<\/A> and be sure to cut and paste page 1 of the current guide or your receipt into the body of the e-mail to serve as proof of purchase. Your update will be sent from Hightail, so please watch for that.<\/p>\n<p>Learn how and why I and many other discerning photographers choose and use only DPP 4 to convert their Canon RAW files in the <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/dpp-4-raw-conversion-guide\/\">DPP 4 RAW Conversion Guide<\/a> by Arash Hazeghi and yours truly. The latest version supports all of the newer Canon camera bodies including the 5DS R and the 1DX Mark II as well as several older models including the EOS-7D and the EOS-1D Mark IV. The DPP IV Guide is the ideal companion to the <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/canon-7d-mk-ii-users-guide-emailed-pdf\/\">7D Mark II User&#8217;s Guide<\/a>, a runaway best seller.<\/p>\n<p>Folks who love the DPP 4 Guide will surely want to get themselves a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/the-professional-post-processing-guide\/\">The Professional Photographers\u2019 Guide to Post Processing.<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Please Remember to use our Affiliate Links and to Visit the New BAA Online Store \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n<p>To show your appreciation for my continuing efforts here, we ask, as always, that you get in the habit of using my B&#038;H affiliate links on the right side of the blog for all of your photo and electronics purchases. Please check the availability of all photographic accessories in the <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/\">New BIRDS AS ART Online Store<\/a>, especially the <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/mongoose-action-head\/\">Mongoose M3.6 tripod head<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/plates-and-replacement-feet\/wimberley-arca-swiss-style-lens-plates\/\">Wimberley lens plates<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/digital-media\/\">Delkin flash cards and accessories<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/lenscoat-covers\/\">LensCoat stuff<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>As always, we sell only what I have used, have tested, and can depend on. We will not sell you junk. We know what you need to make creating great images easy and fun. And we are always glad to answer your gear questions via <a href=\"mailto:samandmayasgrandpa@att.net\">e-mail<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I would of course appreciate your using our B&#038;H affiliate links for all of your major gear, video, and electronic purchases. <font color=red><strong>For the photographic stuff mentioned in the paragraph above we, and for everything else in the new store, we, meaning BAA, would of course greatly appreciate your business. <\/strong><\/font>  Here is a huge thank you to the many who have been using our links on a regular basis and those who will be visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsasart-shop.com\/\">New BIRDS AS ART Online Store<\/a> as well.   <\/p>\n<h3>Facebook<\/h3>\n<p>Be sure to like and follow BAA on Facebook by clicking on the logo link upper right. 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