Greater Flamingo Portrait

[Arno Ellmer]

Visited one of our local bird sanctuaries this morning .
Captured this portrait of a sub - adult Greater Flamingo just before the clouds spoilt the remainder of the morning.
The juveniles are less colourful than the adults, with the bill turning pale pink in adulthood .

Canon 1DX
500mm + 1.4x
Manual exposure
f/5.6
1/2500
ISO 500
Shot from a hide

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic detail Arno, love the tight comp and smooth BG, nicely done.

[Michael Gehrisch]

Love the pale colors, the flamingo and background in similar tones. Not your run-of-the-mill flamingo :-) The curve of the neck sets off the composition.

[Nick Palmieri]

I love the composition. Great looking eye and nice detail in the bird. Really cool image!

[Karl Egressy]

Nice portrait shot of a young one. Excellent details perfect HA, Arno.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Alot less colorful but very interesting color indeed or lack there of. Great detail and a nice bg

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Arno, lovely soft light, and I like how you have cropped this. Detail looks good, as does the smooth water BG. Well captured.

[PhilCook]

The epitome of elegance and vertical framing was a must as it works so well, cant think of a thing to improve upon. So envious of countries where these birds exist, and surprised we don't have them in Australia with the vast saline estuaries and salt lakes we have here.....they are amazing creatures

[Arno Ellmer]

Thank you all for the kind comments. Always appreciated.

[Lorant Voros]

Very pretty portrait and a nice individual. Love the composition, the smooth BG and great detail.

[Arno Ellmer]

Very pretty portrait and a nice individual. Love the composition, the smooth BG and great detail.

Thank you , Lorant !