Roseate Spoonbill

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 900 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S This image posted at 1400x933 pixels.

[Isaac Grant]

Love spoonbills. Details look great and I like the feeding behavior. With the nice look at the bill. Just wish the body was turned a little more parallel to the back of the camera.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice shot, there is a faint blue cast in particular on top of the back. I like the pose and composition.

[Tim Foltz]

Joe one of my favorite birds that I've never seen in person.
Great colors and details.

-Tim

[Joseph Przybyla]

Joe one of my favorite birds that I've never seen in person.
Great colors and details.

-Tim

Hy Tim, if you are ever coming to Florida send me message. I am sure I can find a few Spoonbills for you.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Love spoonbills. Details look great and I like the feeding behavior. With the nice look at the bill. Just wish the body was turned a little more parallel to the back of the camera.

Hi Isaac, I know parallel to the back of the camera provides focus with all on the same plane. Now I am going to play the devil's advocate for the sake of discussion. If the depth of field is deep enough to have the bird in focus why not capture the image even though it is not parallel to the back of the camera. It seems that with every bird parallel to the back of the camera all birds would be in profile which would be cookie cutter with all images the same.