Balancing Spoonie

[Gayle Clement]

A spoonbill from a rookery in SW Louisiana.

Nikon D2Xs
Nikkor 500mm f/4
Nikkor 1.4 TC-EII

1/1500s @ f/5.6
0.3 EV
ISO 160
Matrix
Aperture Priority
Crop to Vertical

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Gayle,

Lovely colors and soft BG but there is no room at the bottom!!! Is this a crop??

[Gayle Clement]

Maxis, It's a vertical crop but full height. No room at the bottom.

[Maxis Gamez]

Maxis, It's a vertical crop but full height. No room at the bottom.

Hi Gayle,

I would love to see this pose but with more room at the bottom. Thanks for sharing!

[Philip Lombard]

I love it as is, great job.

[Robert Amoruso]

Gayle,

The bird and BG look great. The tightness at the bottom unbalances the image and makes it look like the spoonie is going to tumble off.

[Gus Cobos]

Gayle,
Very nice capture. Love the colors and details on your bird. The background compliments your subject very well. Again, would have liked a wee bit more room on the bottom of frame...All in all, I like it very much...CONGRATS...:D

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Gail !!! Just add a little more room and evict the other branches at left !!! Love the look down pose !!! Color feather reproduction seems great !!! You sure do well with NX !!!!!!!

[Raul Quinones]

Nice pose and colors, subject is sharp and beautiful backgraound. I wish for a little room at the bottom.

[Gayle Clement]

I'm on the road and working from my laptop so with some trepidation I removed the twigs and added room on the bottom. I may have to do this again when I return home.

A very sincere thank you to each of you for your comments and suggestions.

Darn, I didn't add the edited version! See below.

[Gayle Clement]

A sincere thank you to everyone for your comments and suggestions.

I am on the road and working from my laptop so it is with some trepidation that I eliminated the twigs and added the room at the bottom suggested. What do you think?

[Freddy Franzella]

A well done image! you did a fine job!

[Glenda Simmons]

Your repost is just amazing. Beautiful colors and different composition.

[gary rouleau]

Beautiful repost Gayle.

[Greg Lasley]

Hey Gayle...that is a great job of adding canvas and getting rid of the sticks from a laptop. Just a wonderful shot. A superb image to begin with and you only made it better. Great color and sharpness and a really interesting pose.