Pink Ruffles

[Mike Landwehr]

This young spoonbill was ruffling its feather after a preeening session. I removed some dark spots from the water, brightened the eye slightly, applied a linear contrast with curves, cropped and sharpened. All suggestions welcomed!

Mark IV
500 mm
ISO 320
1/2000 @ f/8
Tripod

[Rob Melone]

No suggestion needed -- thank you very much! Perfect exp, color, sharpness and pose. But what takes this over the top for me is the framing.

[Mike Poole]

No criticism from me. This is one of those nice instances where the background, subject pose and colours all work together perfectly. Simple but very nice

[ramesh anantharaman]

Picture perfect. Really good pose and light here!!!

[gail bisson]

The title alone is a 10/10.
Really lovely pose and great HA.
The whites on the neck look good ( they are so easy to blow).
My only wish is for a better "perch". The mud isn't the nicest. Since you have already cloned some dark spots in the water I would clone out the solitary mud pile to reduce the impact.
I would also smooth out 2 the areas where you cloned out the dark spots (below and to the right of mud).
Overall , a really sweet image,
Gail

[Troy Lim]

Very nice shot of the young spoonbill, interesting moment.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice one!
Love the colour here. I would just add more room all around it if mine.

[Ashley Cohen]

I really like this image, feather detail and sharpness is fantastic. Love the pose too.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great pose and colors.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice overall with an interesting feather shake pose. I agree with Gail abou tthe separate part of mud, all others aspects look excellent to me.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose! he is really shaking it

[Mike Landwehr]

All of your feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!