Roseate Spoonbill

[Barry Ekstrand]

Roseate Spoonbill at High Island, Texas on an overcast day

Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 600mm f4 IS II

ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/1600 sec, Av

Cropped ~50% to avoid Egrets in background

Any and all comments appreciated.

Barry

[Randy Stout]

Barry:

Excellent flight pose, with nice slight angle towards use to showcase the different surfaces of the wings. Sharp.

The light angle has left the belly and face a bit too dark to be most flattering. If not done already, I would try and brighten both areas just a bit. It certainly can be done in a subtle manner and still look natural. If available, I would use the shadow slider in LR4 as a start, and do any further touchup with detail extractor filter in Color Efex 4.

Framing is too tight, but I understand why you chose this. Might explore looser crop with cloning of the offending egrets, if possible.

Cheers

Randy

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Hi Barry,

I like the wingspread on this capture - nicely timed. I agree with Randy about adding more space all around (especially in front). If you can clone the egrets out of the space, that would be great!

Miguel

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely capture. Colors and exposure look good. If you didn't have any offending birds, I would add a little more space to the right.