Spoonbill landing 3

[Sid Garige]

Another images from Alafia Banks with James.
Canon 7D 500mm F4
F5.6 1/2000 ISO 400

** Added Gaussian blur to the background to reduced distraction created by waves.

[James Salywoda]

Sweet wing position captured Sid awesome shot. I love the colors and detail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wicked pose, beautiful colours. The gaussian blur is not overdone and looks very natural.

[Terry Olmsted]

Wonderful action and awesome colors, Sid. Your treatment of the background looks
just right to me.
Terry

[Gavin Spooner]

Very nice. Lovely wing position, lovely coloring on the spoonie, lovely background, lovely exp. Lovely.

cheers
Gavin

[Kiran Poonacha]

Such a beauty Sid, loved the focus on the head here and off course the colors..

[Robert Amoruso]

The g. blur worked nicely Sid.

[Stu Bowie]

Ive enjoyed your series of these guys. Their colours are amazing.

[Marina Scarr]

You did a great job applying the g-blur. I can't see any evidence anywhere. I tried this on a picture the other night, and couldn't make it look right. Love the light, pose and colors here. Wonderful image.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Another stunner. loved the crop. great colors, light, exposure, sharpness....PP work is excellent as well.

[Pieter de Waal]

Stunning image Sid, best in the series IMO. Great eye contact, colours and detail in far wing.

[Chris Kotze]

Beautiful colours and pose. Superbly captured

[Nico Steenberg]

Awesome pose and IMG. The exposure is nailed and the comp is spot on :cheers: