Spoonbill statue

[Lorant Voros]

These Spoonbills can look so attractive. This was taken 30 minutes after sun rise. I did a crop for composition, a water clean up from debris and cloned some of the green vegetation to upper right corner. Comments are welcome.

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[Diane Miller]

Wonderful! I love the "studio portrait" pose of this gorgeous bird (wish birds would do things like that for me!) and the horizontal root at the bottom provides great balance.

The subtle reflection is a very nice touch, too. I might get rid of the bright areas on the right edge.

Some crop from the top would put the bird's body closer to the point of thirds -- the head, although very interesting, is small relative to the body and doesn't necessarily need to be that low in the frame without something in the BG above it to balance it.

[Lyle Gruby]

Beautiful image. Agree with a small crop from the top. I might tone down the 1 bright spot on the right. Beautifully done.

[Lorant Voros]

Thank you for the comments. Diane, I find your suggestion great....thank you for your input. Here is a repost where I also took a little pink off the lower left edge.

[stuart wanuck]

nice lighting good pose

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent pose, light and overall setting. Just love the reflected pinks. The comp in the repost works nicely for me. Lovely image.

[Troy Lim]

I love it, including of the perch and environment is so nice. Soft light makes it very nice. Like the second version.

[Diane Miller]

Thanks! Love it!!

[David Salem]

Nice pose and scene. The colors and the perch are beautiful. Bonito Lorant

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful image.
Very lovely light, love the perch, very elegant pose, and terrific comp on the repost.
Very well done.

[Ivan Ellison]

Lovely light, great pose and comp. The re post is def better, what a great bird to see, well worth getting up for the early morning sunrise.