African Spoonbill

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 500 f4 L IS
ISO 200
AV f6.3
TV 1/1000
AWB
Evaluative metering
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

Cropped from horizontal....Crits appreciated:S3:

[Marc Mol]

Lovely light, BG with the exposure pretty well nailed, framing & comp spot on also. Nice one Dumay :5
TFS

[girisholeti]

Beautifully executed. The calling pose is a bonus.

[noelle zaleski]

Nice one Dumay!

The open beak is great as well as a lovely BG and perch.

[Herb Houghton]

Love the comp on this. Nice colors, great exposure and good eye contact.

[Melissa Groo]

Beautiful light, pose and comp, Dumay. Calling is a real plus. Well done!

[Dudley Watson]

Great composition with lovely detail especially in whites.VWD dumay

[Stu Bowie]

Im glad you went vertical here, and well timed to get the open beak. Im looking on my laptop, but the whites looks great and well exposed. I do like that typical Mankwe BG. Well captured mate.:w3

[Arthur Morris]

Nice perch & image design. Good EXP with light well-handled. Would love to see the head turned just a bit more toward us.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Hey Dumay lovely image, I am sure I have a similar one :bg3: Great colours, open beak and vertical crop works nicely. Great Mankwe BG as well.

[Chris Kotze]

Great pose and gotta love the open bill. Well exposed and super colours

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks for the comments and crit folks!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I am liking everything here, Dumay. the whites, the pose, BG, size of the bird in the frame, its placement, shooting angle....one heck of a shot.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love the angled perch, open mouth and nice bg.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely exposure, calling pose, bg and perch in great light.
If anything, I would evict the darkish spot mid-way along the left edge.
Nicely done.

[arash_hazeghi]

fabulous pose and details!