Flamingos

[Juan Aragonés]

Hi all. I had had no time to be around here because it is christmas and my home is full of visiting family and lots of childrens. Having seven children at home (the older is 6 years old) is a really hard and stressfull job. Now my guess are returning to home and I only have my two children and everuthing is quit now.
Here is an image that I made a couple of days ago when in Marismas del Odiel (Huelva, Spain)

Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 500VR+1,4XTC handheld 1/320s f5,6 ISO320 manual exposure

[Krijn Trimbos]

It is a gorgeous shot Juan! Love the light, calm water, colours, reflection and poses of the right two birds. That said I wouldn't mind seeing the left bird with a different pose. Did you look how it looks with the left bird gone, if this would fit with your personal ethics of course. Otherwise a splendid shot!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Fantastic light and great colors,a masterpiece!!!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree about the left bird's pose...wish we could at least see its' bill. Everything else is superb. Love the blueish hue on the flamingos against the fiery water. Quite beautiful :-)

P.S. I know what you mean about Christmas guests...we were in the same boat in our home. Now the calm after the storm... (twas all good though!!)

[David Hemmings]

Lovely shilouette image Juan. Beautiful color in the water. It might be interesting to see just the two similarly posed flamingos in the frame:)

[Rene' Villela]

Nice to have you back Juan! Maybe a bit drastic but... maybe cloning the bird on the left would help! Otherwise a very calm and beautiful shot! Cheers!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Beautiful and atmospheric, and great exposure - well done on this one! I think would prefer it without the bird on the left (?).

[bill kominsky]

Agree with Chris this image is superb in every way, but the bird on the left could have been eliminated, sorry.

Bill

[Juan Aragonés]

Thanks a lot for the nice coment and constructive critics. Much apreciated! I agree about the pose of bird in the left side of the frame and I would prefer a diferent pose or an image with only the two other guys (in fact I waited a looong time for a pleasant composition... huummm I will look at the 20Gb of that day and will try to find a better composition) ;-)

[Doug Brown]

Lovely image. I wouldn't mind the bird on the left if it had a profile pose.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Juan,
This would still make an awesome vert of just the 2 on the right.....a little off the right and plenty of room on the left up to the 3rd bird. If the rest are just as good.......can't wait to see them.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The colors are amazing. I hope you will find a frame with different pose.

[Ed Prete]

excellent background colors, but I think the left bird detracts from the image's strength. I'd also burn in the two silo'd birds a little more.

[Raymond Barlow]

superb image as is Juan., congrats.

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Beautiful shot juan, I wouldn't change anything

Jon