African Spoonbill

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 500 f4 L IS +1.4 Ext
AV f7.1
TV 1/2000
ISO 800
Evaluative Metering
AWB
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

BG is OOF Red Cyanite rock, bush and trees. Cropped to what I think works for comp...Advice and crits as well as comments always appreciated:S3:

[Stu Bowie]

I always like these angled diagonal flight postures, and good DOF. The spoonbill is separated nicely from the BG, and comp wise, I would probably add a bit more to the bottom.

[Allen Sparks]

Nice diagonal and I like the overall comp. A little more eye contact would be nice but that is hard to get in an incoming shot like this.

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet! Maybe a bit tight on the left.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet light and great pose!

[Doug Brown]

Good sharpness. Not a bad idea to add a sliver of canvas on the left. I wouldn't mind a bit more of a profile view of the head. I'd consider darkening the bottom of the right half of the image.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks guys...I did forget to mention this is full frame except a crop from the top and bottom. I will look at adding a touch to the left

[Grace Scalzo]

I really like this image as presented. If you were printing and matting it you could use a complimentary color on the mat and give the illusion of a bit more canvas. The colors of your background are so pleasing.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dumay, you nailed the techs. perfect DOF. loved the incoming angle.

[Troy Lim]

Stunning shot.. Love it...love to see the repost with the suggestions made.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks for taking the time to view and crit folks!