Avian Wild and Free IOTW 10/16/2008 Nikolay Staykov

[James Shadle]

Congratulations Nikolay Staykov!
A day is dawning in pink 2

Another photo from the series with flamingos.

076 AM, catching one of the first rays or light that come behind the mountain. The birds are naturally arranged with no PP movements :)

M2N, Sigma 300-800/5.6 at 800mm, 1/250sec, f/8, ISO 640, manual mode.

Some clone outs of black dots, levels, USM, NR.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Nikolay!

[Aidan Briggs]

Congrats, Nikolay!

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations...:cool:

[Julie Kenward]

What a lovely image! Well composed and the lighting is sweet!

[Alfred Forns]

Big Time Congrats This is one sweet image !!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congratulations Nikolay!!!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Congratulations Nikolay!

Usually it is difficult to find a flamingo in the clear or in a naturally arranged manner like you found. I liked it.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Congrats Nikolay. This is an excellent image.

[Fabs Forns]

Love the repeating shapes, congratulations!

[Krishnan]

Wonderful Image and I love the natural arrangement. Congratulations!

[Phil Ertel]

I really like the composition and arrangement. Lovely colors. Well done!!

Phil

[Doug Brown]

Way to go Nikolay!

[chad anderson]

certainly the IOTW! Artfully created, congrats!

[Nikolay Stoilov]

Well done!!
;)

[borisbelchev_bspb]

Finally you made it...Congrats, you really make hard work for this shots...

[Robert Amoruso]

Great juxtaposition.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

Thanks to all of you for the comments. If I was to pick a photo from the flamingo series, it would be this :)