I write many articles about how to replace overexposed or white backgrounds, but sometimes they work beautifully. For example, I photographed these flamingos in Walvis Bay, Namibia close to sunset, and instead of the sky appearing blue it was washed out compared to the much darker birds. In this particular case, i think the background is perfect because it doesn't detract at all from the subjects. It doesn't have strong color (such as a deep blue), there are no clouds, and there is absolutely nothing to take attention away from the flamingos. White backgrounds are, indeed, distracting at times, but here I like the color scheme I captured. My camera settings for this were 1/1000th of a second, f/10, 400 ISO, and the new 100-400mm zoom from Canon. I used it on the 7D Mark II body giving me 640mm of focal lenth due to the 1.6x multiplication factor from the cropped sensor camera.
6 Comments
Jun 9, 2016, 7:53:10 PM
Janie Greene - I Really Do like this!!! Thank you for sharing....I see this is an old blog and email date.....and I see that I have already replied to this photograph...I love flamingos and think this is an outstanding photograph with the white background....Janie Greene
Jun 9, 2016, 7:29:55 PM
Jim - Thanks very much, Janie.
Jun 9, 2016, 6:53:09 PM
Janie Greene - I Really Do like this!!! Thank you for sharing....I see this is an old blog and email date.....and I see that I have already replied to this photograph...I love flamingos and think this is an outstanding photograph with the white background....Janie Greene
Jul 5, 2015, 3:02:42 PM
Jim Zuckerman - Thank you, Janie.
Jul 5, 2015, 2:43:02 PM
Janie Greene - Beautiful! My favorite birds! JG
Jul 5, 2015, 11:06:30 AM
Rosemary Sheel - Hi, Jim. Great shot. Are you ever tempted to crop a shot like this so the birds are larger?