The Right Tool for the Job

[Bill Dix]

That spoon-shaped bill is the perfect implement for pressing those satiny pink feathers. High Island Rookery in April.

D7000, 500f4, ISO 640, 1/2500s @ f/8 manual

[John Robinson]

Bill Youv'e answered a question som one asked me a while back. How do Spoonbills preen ?
Now we know!1
Great colours and exposure. And my kind of backdrop!!
Good stuff
John

[Bob Pelkey]

I like your exposure control here, Bill. This is a particularly difficult subject to photograph successfully. I'm normally not attuned to a detail like this, but is there just a little too much green hue (in the blacks) of the image?

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Love the pinks and pose! Perfect exposure & sharpness! Well done!

[Randy Stout]

Bill:

Nice preening pose, eye exposed and open! Well exposed, sharp.

At the risk of going a bit to square, I could see a crop from the right, as all the action is turned back towards the left by the head/body position. Might be worth a quick look.

Cheers

Randy

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Great colors on this one Bill! I like the behaviour & the comp works fine for me.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Nice grooming pose, Bill. Another colorful image to add to the series. Techs handled very well.





Geoffrey

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous image with magical colors.Superb preening pose.
Love the frame, Bill Sir.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Thank you everyone.
Randy, I think you make a good point; I could probably afford to lose some from the right.
Bob, since most of the blacks are actually green leaves in shadow, I would expect to see them look a bit green. I don't believe there is any overall green cast to the image.