Pink on Blue

[James Shadle]

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This is a little bolder image than my last Spoonbill.
I like the contrast of age, color and attitudes.

Roseate Spoonbill
Alafia Banks, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Via Hooptie Deux

Nikon D300
Sigma 300-800mm @ 700mm
Tripod with Mongoose 3.5

ISO 800
1/2000 @ F7.1 metered manually

Small crop and USM

[Randy Stout]

James:

To quote a famous Florida Capt., "that bird is a stud". Vibrant colors,drop, great eye.

I could also see this cropped as a horizontal if you have the room, because the reflection is not strong. (Although the blocks of reflection are rather interesting)

The BG is perfect.

Cheers

Randy

[jack williamson]

Very colorful and sharp as a tack. Great eye contact and the four water drops are well defined. The three reflections are unique. Excellent shooting angle.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Thats a beautiful capture. and yes the reflection is very unique, I like the crop as is.

[Loi Nguyen]

James, love the dreamy colors of the BG and the water with no obvious border between heavens and earth. The spoonbill is tack sharp, love the texture of the bill. Sweet light. The sky is also interesting with some cloud. The only thing I would suggest is whether you want to emphasize the sky or the reflection. Seemed like you wanted to include both here so it is sort of 50/50 in the middle of the frame. Pushing the bird up or down in the frame may be other options. Loi

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image of spoony with nice reflection. Love the pose,colors,water droplets from beak,beautiful blues in BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Your low shooting angle works so well here creating that wonderful dreamy dof. Great reflection and love the water drops. After a few looks I am thinking you could use a teeny CW rotation . Always nice to join you and friends out on the water.

[Marina Scarr]

The water drops, unique reflection and color palate make this one work well. Would not have chosen this comp but it works.

Hearing good things about your photo trips out to Alafia and Dot-Dash. Hope to join you again soon!

[Trey Barron]

Great colors, pose and the water drop add to this one. The crop works for me too, but would try it without so much room below as well.

[Troy Lim]

Love the colors, so surreal. Never get tired of the Spoonie. :)

[Minh Insixiangmy]

Excellent photo James.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful image James the contrasting colors between the subject and BG makes the whole image pop.

[vishaljadhav]

Wonderful image, i love the colours

[thijs broekkamp]

Very nice contrast of the colours, the low angle is very nice!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Stunning image James and I really love the comp. Thanks so much for a great trip on the Hooptie - see you next time!!!