Spoonbill

[Grace Scalzo]

From my April trip to Gatorland. This bird was sitting in a tree preening, but as he concluded, I prepared for takeoff.

ISO 800, f4, 1/4000
Canon mk3, 500 f4 + tripod

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very good pose, angle and sharpness. I would only lighten the areas on the underside of the bird that are not sunlit.

[Grace Scalzo]

Thanks, Axel. How would you do that? I want to try it.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks, Axel. How would you do that? I want to try it.

I would do it in Viveza by selecting some control points to even out the lighting a bit. Alternatively, you could just select the dark parts and increase the midtones to 1.1 or so.

[denise ippolito]

Grace, Beautiful pose and sharpness. Agree w/ lightening the underside a touch and maybe lighten the BG just a tiny bit. Looks like you guys did well in Florida. Wish I was staying and could have met up with you. Excellent underwing details.:)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful capture Grace with lovely flight pose , sharpness and detail. Fine work and glad you enjoyed your trip. Let me know where you end up going as I would love to meet one day. Thanks for sharing.

[James Salywoda]

Beautiful Shot! I really like the angle of capture Grace nice wing position and excellent detail. Great suggestions to improve this already wonderful image.:)

[Michael Pancier]

beautiful colors and pose on this spoon. Agree with earlier comments.

[Deborah Hanson]

Agree with above that this is a well done image.
Love the colors, the angle of the neck, and detail of feathers on the neck. The wings are in a great position and show off the sheerness of the feathers.
Also agree that a little lightening on the underside would be good.

Many comments but wanted to add mine so that you would know that I liked the photo very much.
Beautiful bird. Never seen one in person.
Deb