Shadle Spoony Silhouette

[Chris Ober]

From a morning on the Hooptie with the Captain a few days ago.

1D Mark IIN
500mm
1/3200 sec, f/8 - manually exposed
ISO: 400

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Chris, good wing position from the spoonbill to create a better silhouette. These always work well against a colourful BG, and you have achieved just that. An opportunity well used. :w3

[bhavya joshi]

Great shots with nice BG.. Like position of wings too..:c3:

[Tom Rambaut]

Chris I like this - I like the mood of the image.

It looks like the bird is flying away from you? - I often see this as a negative critique comment against a BIF image. Should this apply to a silhouette image as well?

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Welcome to Avian, Chris!:t3

I love the colours here, and the clouds add alot to the image. I also like the subtle translucence to the wing feathers. I could see this one with about half the bottom space cropped , plus some off at right too for a stronger comp. Quite appealing!

[Chris Ober]

Thanks all!




It looks like the bird is flying away from you? - I often see this as a negative critique comment against a BIF image. Should this apply to a silhouette image as well?


I'm not sure what is preferred for silhouettes but yes, it is flying away slightly.

[Jason Kinsey]

I agree with Daniel on the crop. I love the position of the subject between the clouds. Nicely done!!