I wish I could have posted this on Mother's Day. It was taken the day before. Sometimes I will practice on very dark birds such as crows and vultures as they fly by. This crow came unusually close to my location, so I took a couple of frames as it flew by. Turns out it was carrying a flower. An early present for the wife and mother of his children, no doubt.
Cameras are designed to produce a middle gray from whatever you point one at. It sounds counter-intuitive, but if you want a dark subject like this crow to actually come out black, you have to dial in some negative EV (exposure value), otherwise the camera will render it too light. I shot this with a negative 1/2 EV.
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