Pretty in Pink

[Grace Scalzo]

From our one sunny morning in Texas. After watching these birds for two sessions in bad light, I knew that they were very cooperative, focused on finding food and not on me. When the locals saw me in my waders, they were sure that I was going to scare them, but I guaranteed otherwise. (Thank goodness the birds didn't make a liar out of me.) I left this one big in the frame as my main empahsis in this presentation is the color and detail. (Almost childlike). Leveled, a tiny bit of water clean up, removed some specular highlights, nik for smoothing the bg a bit,sharpened.

Thank you.

1/2500, f8, iso800
Canon 1dx, 600f4+ 2.0 tc, lowered rrs at pond's edge, waders.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Spot on Grace! The photo is dynamic, I can see the head swaying left and right with this image.

600 + 2.0? Very nice IQ!

[Enrique Patino]

Now that is a colorful bird. Great capture, angle, comp and details. Well done!!

[Diane Miller]

Stunning color and detail!! Art!

[gail bisson]

This is beautiful Grace.
Terrific colors, POV and IQ.
I also really like the color of the water,
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Grace, great eye contact, and I like the low perspectice. The light looks nice and soft, and you have brought out the detail and colours so well. Sharpness spot on too. Comp works for me.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice one Grace. Warm light, low shooting angle and interesting subject makes for a very pleasent image.

[dankearl]

Beautiful color on the bird.
I am not as excited about the water color……
Excellent IQ as usual, one would never know this was 1200mm!

[Frank Schauf]

Fantastic. Wonderful pose, colors and background.