{"id":1446,"date":"2014-07-20T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T05:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2014-07-21T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T01:44:28","slug":"swans-sunshine-and-shade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/1446","title":{"rendered":"Swans, Sunshine and Shade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3 blog posts in 1 week! This is some kind of record.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend was spoiled a bit by having to work late on Friday and then again on Sunday, so I was pleased to finish on time this Friday and contacted Edin to arrange a quick dash up the road to Lake Okareka as the sun was going down. Settled down in the mud and poop at the lake edge with a setting sun behind us was a great way to start the weekend!<\/p>\n<p>We were treated to some Canada Geese flying over and a good sized flock bathing in the lake, but the most co-operative subject was a Black Swan that swam out and then headed into the edge close to us to preen. When the water is still the setting sun on the background hills reflected in the water provides a superb stage. As the sun drops the light retreats across the lake and a you get a brief window with the subject in shade and the background hills still in light which makes lovely pictures. Here are a couple of photos, one with the swan in sun and the next after the shadow had passed the bird. I much prefer the softer light of the second which really shows the plumage detail beautifully. See this <a title=\"Autumn birds at Lake Okareka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/2014\/05\/autumn-birds-at-lake-okareka\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous post<\/a> for some heron\u00a0images with this lovely lighting situation. All photos with Nikon D3s and 500mm f4 + 1.4x teleconverter supported on a monopod. RAW files processed in Adobe Lightroom5 and Photoshop CC2014. Nik Color Efex Pro4 used for tonal contrast adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>Finally a SilverEfex Pro2 Black and White conversion inspired by what Edin did with her\u00a0image of the same bird captured while sitting in the mud next to me. This creates a very different feel to the image. SilverEfex is my preferred B&amp;W conversion method and is great value with the entire <a title=\"Google Nik Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nik collection<\/a>\u00a0now only US$149 which is a fraction of what I paid for it some years ago. The ability to quickly visualise some preset options and then make global and local correction with control points is great. Applying colour\u00a0filters is a one click process compared to the need for a variety of adjustment layers required in the past. <a title=\"OnOne Suite\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ononesoftware.com\/products\/suite8\/\" target=\"_blank\">OnOne Perfect Photo Suite<\/a>\u00a0is the other plugin collection I have used for a few years and\u00a0includes Perfect B&amp;W which is worth exploring and at times provides a nicer result for certain images.<\/p>\n<p>See <a title=\"Edinz B&amp;W\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edinz.com\/2014\/07\/20\/monochrome-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edin&#8217;s\u00a0post<\/a>\u00a0to see her image and for some thoughts on Black and White conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner at the <a title=\"Pig and Whistle Rotorua\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pigandwhistle.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\">Pig and Whistle<\/a> to celebrate exam success at the end of the first semester rounded off a perfect day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1447\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2571-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1447\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2571-web.jpg?resize=609%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black Swan in direct sunlight\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2571-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2571-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Swan in direct sunlight. 1\/2000s f5.6 ISO 800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1449\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2616-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2616-web.jpg?resize=610%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black Swan in shade, backlit by reflected sunlight on background hills\" width=\"610\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2616-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2616-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Swan in shade, backlit by reflected sunlight on background hills. 1\/1250s f8 ISO1600<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1448\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2612-BW-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1448\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2612-BW-web.jpg?resize=610%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black and White conversion     done in Nik SilverEfex Pro2\" width=\"610\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2612-BW-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BlackSwan_D3S2612-BW-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black and White conversion done in Nik SilverEfex Pro2. 1\/1250s f8 ISO1600<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 blog posts in 1 week! This is some kind of record. Last weekend was spoiled a bit by having to work late on Friday and then again on Sunday, so I was pleased to finish on time this Friday and contacted Edin to arrange a quick dash up the road to Lake Okareka as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-blackwhite","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swans, Sunshine and Shade - WildLight Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/1446\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swans, Sunshine and Shade - WildLight Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"3 blog posts in 1 week! 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Step 1 - wait for the right weather conditions.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bird Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bird Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/bird-photography"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/OkarekaLight-IMG_9154-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/OkarekaLight-IMG_9154-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/OkarekaLight-IMG_9154-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/OkarekaLight-IMG_9154-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":886,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/886","url_meta":{"origin":1446,"position":3},"title":"Bird Photography &#8211; Lake Okareka","author":"tony","date":"September 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Lake Okareka is one of my favourite \u00a0local bird photography venues. It is very convenient being just a few minutes from home but is also quite versatile with a number of bird species that are relatively uncommon. Regular species seen include Grey Teal, Shoveller, Pied Stilts, Dabchicks, White-faced Heron and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Stilt_D800199-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Stilt_D800199-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Stilt_D800199-web.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Stilt_D800199-web.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":907,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/907","url_meta":{"origin":1446,"position":4},"title":"Spring is in the Air &#8211; Nesting Shags at Sulphur Point, Lake Rotorua.","author":"tony","date":"September 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The colony of Little Shags that nests at Sulphur Point, Lake Rotorua, is a good indicator that spring is well and truly on the way. They started nest building a couple of weeks ago and now some are sitting and others still building. The birds nest in trees on a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;birds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10377,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/10377","url_meta":{"origin":1446,"position":5},"title":"Bird Photography Tips &#8211; Low Shooting Angle","author":"tony","date":"December 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Guinea Fowl scratching for food. A low angle gives eye contact and an intimate view of the activity with good separation of the subject from the background. Bird photography has a number of basic \"rules\". 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