Alli Farm Spoon landing

[Fabs Forns]

Another juvenile Spoon landing on the trees mid boardwalk. They were quite active, a bunch of adults too. Flying between the snag tree and the other trees on the side, close to the back rookery. Can't wait to go back in May!

Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens (mm): 275mm (100-400L) hh, lens is ideal for the rookery.
ISO: 1000
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/1000

[Roberto Betta]

Wonderful, colours look great and I like the inclusion of the greenery to the right.

[Ofer Levy]

Sharp with excellent detail. Not crazy about the steep shooting angle.

[Todd Frost]

Good colors and sharpness. I too like the slight bit of greenery to give it a place to land. Agree with Ofer on the shooting angle. TFS
Todd

[Karl Egressy]

Great landing pose presented with beautiful soft colors.

[Colin Knight]

Agree with the shooting angle. But love that wing position, slight bit of blur at the wingtips and sharpness everywhere else.

Thanks for sharing.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The soft light and pose make this one for me. I don't mind the relatively steep angle, just wish the bird were angled more toward you.

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful soft light and great wing pose. I agree with Axel about the bird being angled a little more towards you.

Markus

[Charlie VanTassel]

I don't mind the shooting angle as much as I wish the head were just angled toward the viewer a bit more. I do like the dynamic capture.

[Miguel Runnals]

I tend to agree with others about the shooting angle. I would also like to see the shutter speed increased to pic up more detail in the wings. These large birds have a slower wing beat and it should be within reason to expect more sharpness. A bit more green to the edge of the picture to indicate a where the bird is going.