Haven't been in Avian in a while as I have been super busy. Headed to San Francisco for the PSA conference and then off to Yellowstone on one of my tours. Haven't been doing many birds lately but worked on a few in preperation for my 5 tours (3 with days on the Hooptie Deaux) down to Florida! Spoonies are fast becoming my favorites and my group spends at least 2 days with James on each trip! I am working on more! I love the contrast of the bright Spoonies against the dark BG's!
Canon 1D Mark 3 with the Sigma 300-800 @ 800mm for 1/3200 sec. at f/7.1. Tripod mounted with Wimberly v1 head standing in the water.
Spoonbills are not my favorite photos - maybe because I see so many bad photographs of them. This one looks great with the dark background and exposure looks good. Love the drips of water.
Magnificent take off pose captured with beautiful dripping of water droplets from bill.I like the way bird pops on dark BG.
Love wing position with great details,beautiful colors and lights.
Great dynamic flight pose, Roman! Super exposure, detail, water drops, and contrast with the background.
Makes me want to be back out on the banks there.