Merritt Island Spoonie

[Nancy A Elwood]

Hello to all. I was out this am with some friends from the Orlando Camera Club and ended up at Merritt Island, which I thought might be a bust, BUT, to my surprise there was quite a bit of activity. Besides the spoonies, there were willets, skimmers and various other waders. Which made us quite happy!:D All the spoonies were quite pink, almost glowing. This one taken with the D300, Nikon 500 f4 with 1.4TC, f8, iso 800, 1/3200 All comments welcomed:)

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[Ramon M. Casares]

It is very dificult to photograph these birds here in Argentina, soy every image I see of them I enjoy it a lot, the light is very nice, the active pose and the head abgle are great, exposure loks very well managed and detail is great. Congratulations Nancy!

[Stu Bowie]

Great eye contact, and love the colourful plumage on the spoonbill.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the feeding pose and it looks like the spoonbill is looking right at you! I wish for a lower perspective. Looks like it could use a slight CW rotation. Glad it was productive for you!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, details and exposure control. I agree with Daniel regarding CW rotation.

[Doug Brown]

You nailed the exposure, and managed to capture the glow quite nicely. Like the eye contact and sharpness.