Gettin' Busy

[James Shadle]

Just like this nest building Roseate Spoonbill, I'm busy preparing for the 2015 nesting season.
Nikon D700
Nikon 600mm F4 @ F8, ISO 400 @ 1/1600
Tampa Bay, Florida via the "Hooptie Deux"

[Jim Neiger]

Great to see you posting, James! Beautiful image too!

[Randy Stout]

James:

I agree, great to see you posting! And of course, it had to be a Spoonie!

Bird with great breeding plumage, stick, raised foot balances well, bright but well exposed.

Great one to start back up with.

Look forward to many more!

Randy

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi James, great to see you posting. Love the vibrant colors of the spoonbill and the HA is just perfect. Loi

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Great shot James! Beautiful colors and interesting bill - don't think I've seen this before. Highlights well contained. TFS!

[Binu John]

Lovely shot! Beautiful colors, light and excellent POV! The subject really stands out against the blue BG. TFS

[John Robinson]

All been said! - Wonderful vibrant shot.
JohnR

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the raised foot, IQ, colours, reflection and composition. Very well done James.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I echo the previous comments. From one Floridian to another, nice to see you are well and posting again. Thank you for sharing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot what colours just amazing, I guess one day I will have to come over to USA to photograph these magnificent birds.

[Marina Scarr]

Great to see you posting, Captain James, and a lovely image it is. Killer light, colors with fun behavior. If it were mine, I might take a tad off the bottom and add on top. Just personal taste.

[Arthur Morris]

Froggie, Do my eyes deceive me??? I had to check to make sure that I was not in a time machine. I loved this one when you sent it the other day. It is stunning. Composition-wise I would not change a pixel. I would work on either toning down the WHITEs a tad or at least bringing in some more detail there. I love the perfect head angle, the raised foot, the killer breeding plumage, and the angle of the stick.

If anyone would like info on a 4 1/2 day trip that James and I are running in the 2nd half of February, the prime time for breeding plumage spoonies, please shoot me an e-mail. Nine, count 'em, nine sessions on the Hooptie Deux including five mornings. Limit six. Though I have not advertised the trip yet there are only three slots left.

[James Shadle]

Attachment 145113
Minor adjustment - enough?
Thanks everyone.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great colours here with the pink on blue. Raised foot is really neat. This is also a behaviour we do not often see photographically do that is a bonus.

For anyone that is on the fence about booking with Captain James I can vouch on how much of a fun, exciting, and productive time it is on the Hooptie Deux.

[Arthur Morris]

Minor adjustment - enough?
Thanks everyone.

Yes to more detail.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Great to see you posting James. This shot really pops.

[David Salem]

Nice looking frame of this fully lit male. He looks awesome and you captured him perfectly. Nice colors and exposure control on this also. Well done.
I was in your neighborhood this spring with Doug Brown but you were still on the mend so great to see you back out there.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent light, details and bg.