Colors of Spring in Florida

Thought with the feel of Spring in the air, it was time to share an example of our Florida waders in FULL breeding plumage from Fort Desoto Park. It is pretty rare to capture a Roseate Spoonbill and American White Ibis both in full breeding plumage feeding side-by-side. I was rather amazed at how well they tolerated one another. This was the scene we were treated to a couple of weeks ago when Doug & Kristen Brown and David Salem visited. Fort Desoto rarely disappoints if you are patient.

Canon 1D4, Canon 500L & 2.0 @ 1000mm
F11, 1/1600sec, ISO 640, manual mode
Feisol tripod, Jobu head
Sitting in the sand and waiting for the birds to approach

C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

Nice job getting both exposed, sharp and with good head angles. I like the reflected colors too! Was this at the north end lagoon?

Fantastic scene and colors.

Excellent work with the 2X.
The colors are wonderful- especially to this sun starved Nova Scotian!
Gail

Nice to see two different species feeding so close together. Beautiful colors and good sharpness of both, Marina.

What an amazing image, to get both species, with good positions, and sharp, and in full breeding plumage. Remarkable. I don't suppose you got one with both bills showing?

Fantastic!
I have to say that even though I've seen these species very close but never this close! Love the breeding colours and details on both.

Love the brilliant colors. Nicely captured.

My first look seeing them side by side really sets off the beauty of both with this nice BG. I also like the action of them both feeding ( how fortunate and patient you were to capture both). It seems f 11 was just enough to get them both in good focus. I am really curious how the histogram looks on the right side concerning the whites, as I am trying to learn more about capturing detail in egrets, etc in my area.

A nice one, Marina! The red is really well accentuated by the blue BG!

Crackin' image! Both in the same pose is a great treat.

I'd say you could take a bit off the bottom and keep the impact.

Lovely image Marina! Nice symmetry. Do you have one with their bills showing?

A beautiful shot Marina, detail, colour & exposure all great.

I like the low angle, eye contact, feeding poses, breeding colours, IQ and composition. Reflection on the Spoonbill adds to the image. Very well done Marina!

All been said already. Love the colour in the ripples too.
JohnR

That was a great morning Marina and I loved seeing these new species. They look cool feeding together and it's nice to see them in the same pose. Your techs look perfect and the detail in the whites is great. The only thing Im not sure about is if it's a Ballchinian or not ;) Looks like one with its head down. Thanks again for making my trip a big success. See ya soon.

Very nice...two different species feeding together.

What a great pose of these two. Very nicely done from a nice low shooting position.