Caught this spoonie taking a bath in some harsh, afternoon sidelight. Decided to ignore the rules and go for it. I tried to wait on him to turn his head so it would be lit and have a catchlight. This is part of a sequence of several images of him drying off. First, the small size presented here looks a LOT worse than the full size original. There are a ton of water droplets suspended in the air that look pretty cool on the full size. I think the wing position is great on this. My biggest nit is the position of his bill relative to the edge of the wing. I wish the bill were back a bit more, creating a seperation between the edge of the bill and wing. Other than that, the sidelight really doesn't bother me here. The effect is actually kinda unique IMO.
Canon 1DsMII, 600mm f.4L with 1.4x TC, f/5.6, 1/3200, ISO 200, -2/1 EV, off tripod at ground level (lying in the mud, as usual).
I like the light Bob. Rules are made to be broken right? The bird highlighted with the dark background makes for a dramatic shot in my opinion. If anything, I might try to crop out a bit of the foreground at the bottom of the photo. I need to find a good spot for these birds on my next trip to Florida...
that's some very nice "harsh" light!! if that's harsh you did well!! i think it's awesome and agree with your critique. would love to see the bigger image!!!
Roseate Spoonbill - Drying off
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