Avian Wild and Free IOTW 10/16/2008 Nikolay Staykov

[James Shadle]

Congratulations Nikolay Staykov!
A day is dawning in pink 2

Another photo from the series with flamingos.

07:56 AM, catching one of the first rays or light that come behind the mountain. The birds are naturally arranged with no PP movements :)

M2N, Sigma 300-800/5.6 at 800mm, 1/250sec, f/8, ISO 640, manual mode.

Some clone outs of black dots, levels, USM, NR.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Nikolay!

[Aidan Briggs]

Congrats, Nikolay!

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations...:cool:

[Julie Kenward]

What a lovely image! Well composed and the lighting is sweet!

[Alfred Forns]

Big Time Congrats This is one sweet image !!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congratulations Nikolay!!!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Congratulations Nikolay!

Usually it is difficult to find a flamingo in the clear or in a naturally arranged manner like you found. I liked it.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Congrats Nikolay. This is an excellent image.

[Fabs Forns]

Love the repeating shapes, congratulations!

[Krishnan]

Wonderful Image and I love the natural arrangement. Congratulations!

[Phil Ertel]

I really like the composition and arrangement. Lovely colors. Well done!!

Phil

[Doug Brown]

Way to go Nikolay!

[chad anderson]

certainly the IOTW! Artfully created, congrats!

[Nikolay Stoilov]

Well done!!
;)

[borisbelchev_bspb]

Finally you made it...Congrats, you really make hard work for this shots...

[Robert Amoruso]

Great juxtaposition.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

Thanks to all of you for the comments. If I was to pick a photo from the flamingo series, it would be this :)

http://www.all4mypics.com/albums/userpics/10001/rozovo-flamingo-0082.jpg