Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill at High Island, Texas on an overcast day

Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 600mm f4 IS II

ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/1600 sec, Av

Cropped ~50% to avoid Egrets in background

Any and all comments appreciated.

Barry

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Barry:

Excellent flight pose, with nice slight angle towards use to showcase the different surfaces of the wings. Sharp.

The light angle has left the belly and face a bit too dark to be most flattering. If not done already, I would try and brighten both areas just a bit. It certainly can be done in a subtle manner and still look natural. If available, I would use the shadow slider in LR4 as a start, and do any further touchup with detail extractor filter in Color Efex 4.

Framing is too tight, but I understand why you chose this. Might explore looser crop with cloning of the offending egrets, if possible.

Cheers

Randy

Hi Barry,

I like the wingspread on this capture - nicely timed. I agree with Randy about adding more space all around (especially in front). If you can clone the egrets out of the space, that would be great!

Miguel

Lovely capture. Colors and exposure look good. If you didn't have any offending birds, I would add a little more space to the right.