Roseate Spoonbill

[Henry Domke]

Since we are staying on Sanibel for a couple weeks I wanted to be sure to get a Roseate Spoonbill. The Roseate Spoonbill is THE iconic bird for the Island. It's somehow goofy looking and beautiful at the same time.

When the fog cleared off this morning we headed back to Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge and were lucky enough to get a wonderful view of the spoonbills in perfect light.

I'm continuing to enjoy experimenting with the 1DX to see if I prefer it to my 5D3 for bird photography. For static shots like this I seen no advantage at all.


Canon 1DX
Canon 600 f/4 II + 1.4X teleconverter
1/1,000 sec
f9
ISO 400
Tripod
Worked up in Lightrooom 5 and Photoshop CC

[Arthur Morris]

Good job on the exposure and a wonderful pose with soft light. The wings look a bit over-done.... And the head is turned slightly away. All in all a very pleasing image.

[Henry Domke]

The wings look a bit over-done
Artie, I'm not sure what you mean by "over-done"
Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it!

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose captured in beautiful soft light of this I believe juvenile bird.

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely pose captured
i like the details you have on the underwing , great light and nice composition

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful adult spoonbill. Wings look good to me, but I wish for a lower angle.

[Holger Leyrer]

Nice Image. Like the Exposure, details an colors. But a lower angle would enhance the photo

[Matthew Briggs]

What a lovely species this one is, wish we could get them in Australia to go with our Yellow Billed and Royal Spoonbills.
Only thing I'd change if this was a picture of mine would be to try 'n get the water a bit darker so it's not as harsh.

Thank you kindly for sharing this with us ^.^