Sunrise Spoonie

[Marina Scarr]

The Roseate Spoonbills are beginning to reappear all over Florida. YAY!! This one was photographed just after sunrise, and the sun hadn't even hit its legs yet.

I hope everyone has a super duper Thanksgiving surrounded by family, friends and/or pets!!!

Canon 1D3, Canon 500L
F5.6, 1/1600sec, ISO 800, manual mode
Feisol tripod, Jobu head

[vishaljadhav]

The colours are so perfect in here
Great IQ , pose is nice and the forward bent neck makes it interesting with the lovely wing position
there appears small amount of noise in the BG to me, a lovely image over all

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the incoming pose, exposure, BG and composition. It would have been nice to get him in full light but you take what you can get. Well done Marina!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marina, sweet sweet light, and I like the incoming pose. Those pinks show up nicely against that killer BG.

Getting up early and having action in early light will always produce the goods. Well captured.

[Bonnie Block]

I think this is fantastic, Marina. Love the pose and great bg. Tack sharp!

[keith mitchell]

Marina I don't think I can add a lot to what has already been said, excellent.

[Gabriela Plesea]

What lovely capture and colours are outstanding Marina! If this were mine I would do a bit of noise reduction to the BG and perhaps (if possible) get a bit more detail on the feet, but this is just nit-picking. I really love this, subject sharp and the pose is superb!

Kind regards,

[Andrew Merwin]

Great pose Marina. I really like the wing position & the very visible primaries. A beauty. TFS.

[Holger Leyrer]

A very dramatic image in best light and with wonderfull colors

[Joe Murphy]

A beautiful shot Marina, light, pose & detail all look great.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Right place at the right time and be ready - you certainly nailed this one Marina and those colours are out of this world - excellent shot.

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Marina,
Terrific light and I like the pose you caught. Wonderful tones and BG too. Excellent image.

Allen

[Arthur Morris]

Wonderful pose and sharp. Nice BKGR. EML is always nice but there is a greenish muddy color cast.... Addressed in the repost which to my eye is a much cleaner look with more natural colors but still obviously EML.

[Arthur Morris]

ps: forgot to ask: where?

[gail bisson]

What makes this image so special is the light and that killer BG. So unusual for a spoonie.
Love everything about this one.
Gail

[Amol Khedgikar]

I like it. As they begin to slowdown just before landing the feet come down and dangle; wings become almost perpendicular to the sensor at the end of the beat. Like the stretched out neck. Although the body has a blurry feel you got it sharp where it matters the most, the eye. good details in the wings. I like it all.

Artie's repost looks much cleaner, albeit with the BG noise more pronounced.

I probably missed a post on Artie's Blog. What is EML???

[arash_hazeghi]

great landing pose in sweet light Maria

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent comp and bird placement, Marina. The blur primaries makes this image very dynamic. Lovely bg to go along with this pink beauty in gorgeous warm light. Terrific image.

[John Robinson]

Looks fine to me. have a good time.
Cheers
JR

[Arthur Morris]

I like it. As they begin to slowdown just before landing the feet come down and dangle; wings become almost perpendicular to the sensor at the end of the beat. Like the stretched out neck. Although the body has a blurry feel you got it sharp where it matters the most, the eye. good details in the wings. I like it all.

Artie's repost looks much cleaner, albeit with the BG noise more pronounced.

I probably missed a post on Artie's Blog. What is EML???

EML = early morning light

[Karl Egressy]

Love everything about this image!!!

[dankearl]

Beautiful light, I like the repost a tad better. A different Florida BG, looks nice.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous image with excellent IQ in wonderful lights and magical colors.

Regards,
Satish.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great landing pose with sweet light, IQ & composition. TFS

[Richard Flack]

Wow, what an awesome image Marina! Well done!

[Henry Domke]

Some day I'd love to capture a spoonbill as well as this!
Great action.

I prefer your post to the rework that Artie did. With his the shoulders became a bit burned out.
The yellow cast to yours fits with the time of day that you took it.
I'm jealous!

[Grace Scalzo]

Paid to get up early for this beauty, Marina. The light is so pretty as is the nice landing pose that you captured.

[Sameer Shah]

Cracker of a shot, Marina!
I wonder if instead of f/5.6, f/8 would have been more useful here.

[Arthur Morris]

Cracker of a shot, Marina! I wonder if instead of f/5.6, f/8 would have been more useful here.

Why??? Everything is sharp from the tip of the bill to the toes to the wing tips (the latter but for a bit of pleasing motion blur)?