Another one from my encounter with a pretty good size flock of spoonbills out at MINWR before the holidays. Taken near sunset.
D2X, 200-400mm @ 310mm, f/8 @ 1/500 sec, iso 400
Great light and behavior, Rich. I would prefer if it were a tad brighter and maybe some more room on the right side. I find the big leaf in front of the left bird a bit distracting but don't think you could have done much about it.
Great action Rich and the lighting is lovely but would like to see it a bit brighter also. I agree with Axel on the cropping suggestions. Wonderful that you were able to get eye contact with both spoonbills. Thanks for sharing
Agree with Alex: image is very contrasty with colors somewhat muddy. Might try a Shadow/Highlights Adjustment to lighten the background... Framing is excellent and you did a good job of capturing the peak of action.
later and love, artie
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