Pink Paradise

[Vaughn Larsen]

One of my favorite Florida birds, the Roseate Spoonbill taken March 26th in Florida.
Third day out with my new rig, great light, good wind, and fantastic instruction, shot during an IPT, with Artie.

Canon R5 RF 100-500 shot at 270mm 1/3200 sec f9 at ISO 1000.
Minimal processing with ACR, Photoshop, Topaz DeNoise.

[Randy Stout]

Vaughn:

Nicely exposed with good DOF. Fun pose, like the "pigeon toed" feet.

I might consider a 10% crop of the free space on the right, just personal taste really.

Were you out on Tampa Bay?

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

That is a super shot the focus and DOF spot on, the tones show good details, instruction was good!!

[Brian Sump]

Vaughn, a really nice frame here my friend!

Superb front lit, fantastic fully flared wing pose and awesome detail. Clean bkg with very little wake allows the RSB to really pop.

The only way I could see to improve might be to grab the LR corner and drag up left a bit. But I'd have this in my files in a blink.

You are really getting the R5 humming, congrats! Great to see you Friday.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful incoming shot with good light. Great wing position.

[gail bisson]

Great light and great wingspread!
Nice and sharp.
I agree with Randy's suggestion re: crop.
Solid frame!

[John Mack]

The pose is great. Pink and blue go great together. Nice and sharp.

[arash_hazeghi]

this does look like Artie's frame, nice flare in the wings and I like the dangling feet. I wonder if you have a later frame like Artie's where the bill was separated from the body ?

TFS

[Vaughn Larsen]

Vaughn:

Nicely exposed with good DOF. Fun pose, like the "pigeon toed" feet.

I might consider a 10% crop of the free space on the right, just personal taste really.

Were you out on Tampa Bay?

Cheers

Randy

Randy thanks for the comments, this was over on the east side near Vero Beach.

That is a super shot the focus and DOF spot on, the tones show good details, instruction was good!!

Appreciate the comments Jonathan.

Vaughn, a really nice frame here my friend!

Superb front lit, fantastic fully flared wing pose and awesome detail. Clean bkg with very little wake allows the RSB to really pop.

The only way I could see to improve might be to grab the LR corner and drag up left a bit. But I'd have this in my files in a blink.

You are really getting the R5 humming, congrats! Great to see you Friday.

Thanks Brian, I dabbled with that corner a couple times debating on how tight to get. Will revisit this one.

Wonderful incoming shot with good light. Great wing position.

Thanks Bill, the light and wind were really blessing my morning.

Great light and great wingspread!
Nice and sharp.
I agree with Randy's suggestion re: crop.
Solid frame!

Gail, comments are much appreciated. I've been enjoying your work, will re-visit the framing.

The pose is great. Pink and blue go great together. Nice and sharp.

Thanks for the comments John.

this does look like Artie's frame, nice flare in the wings and I like the dangling feet. I wonder if you have a later frame like Artie's where the bill was separated from the body ?

TFS

Arash - definitely have some with head above the wings but a slight angle to body position. Went with this direct head on since it was a little different than I'd seen on the blog.

[Arthur Morris]

Vaughn:

Nicely exposed with good DOF. Fun pose, like the "pigeon toed" feet.

I might consider a 10% crop of the free space on the right, just personal taste really.

Were you out on Tampa Bay?

Cheers

Randy

Check out the focal length; definitely not Tampa Bay. Head to my blog and do a search for Stick Marsh ... It is amazing.

with love, a

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Vaughn, Nicely done. You were a good student. Love, love, love this one but for the slightly dirty belly and leggings. with love, a