Happy Mother's Day! Roseate Spoonbill Adult feeding juvie

[gail bisson]

Canon 1DX
F 600mm and 1.4X tele
ISO 800
SS 1/2000
F 9.0
80%FF
Cloned an ibis out of picture that was to the left of adult spoonie.
Taken with James and grace on the Hooptie Deux at 5:00PM
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image of just amazing behavior. Glad you and Grace were able to witness and capture this behavior. You did a super job removing the ibis. Lovely colors, details and feel to this one.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Gail, What a great moment. Good light , the open wings of the youngster, the deep red of the adult, and most of all the interacton, so fitting for Mothers day.

[vishaljadhav]

Nice image , great IQ and the bg is nice
i like the moment captured and very apt to the day
Colors look wonderful

[Jeff Waugh]

Fantastic interaction! I love the colors, especially the soft reflection in the water, it really seems to anchor the Spoonbills quite nicely. Good IQ, balance, and framing!
A fitting Mother's Day image, would be a nice Mother's Day card.

Jeff

[rajojomanik]

Superb image Gail. Love the BG and interaction, not to mention the amazing job of cloning the Ibis. Ramon

[Frank Schauf]

Great timing, great action.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Happy Mother's Day to you too Gail :-) Beautiful image - love the quality of light and the chance to see this intimate behaviour.

[dankearl]

What a pleasure to wake up and view a photo this attractive first thing in the morning.
Great 3d look and behavior.
Happy Mothers day to you!

[Grace Scalzo]

Fantastic action, and a fitting image for the day. What a nice evening that was!

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Gail, this is a super duper image! Great image to share on this special day! TFS.

[Troy Lim]

Great moment captured, I would consider cropping tighter.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent interaction and details I like the low angle and light. agree with tighter crop

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, well timed to capture the feeding behaviour, and the late afternoon light has helped with good exposure on the colours. Both sharp, central placement works well, and Im fine with the comp as is.

[PhilCook]

Just perfect Gail, sharp as possible to achieve, wonderful;l exposure on this, just a slight hint of a halo on the upper neck of the foremost bird. Very impressed by the great eye clarity and colors in this, crop as is looks good to me. I think it's more of an optical illusion and cant be sure as to if this may need a slight CCW rotation

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot!!!
Love the low angle, great timing, excellent details, and exposed very well.
Well done.

[Mike Landwehr]

A lovely image, Gail. I like the low shooting position, and the pinks against the blues. I don't recall seeing a good shot of a young spoonie being fed, and the head angles you captured are super, considering the feeding activity. Well done!