Flamingo Art

[Stu Bowie]

This was taken at a bird garden in Johannesburg, South Africa. These guys were in a pond with lots of foliage, so I decided to darken the BG in my processing. What do you think.

Nikon D50
70-300mm @ FL 200mm
1/500
F/8
ISO 400

Exp comp, -.67

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Very nice composition with the black BG-I like it alot.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Stuart,
I like the composition...the black background is a classic...my suggestions would be to clone out the white reflection of the bird, and just leave the legs reflected only...also, try to bring out the eye a tad more, try to burn in the details and then selective sharpen it...:cool:

[Julie Kenward]

I could go either way on the reflection but agree that the eye needs a little more "oomph" so we can clearly connect to the birds. Lovely image, overall.

[Stu Bowie]

Denise, Gus, Julie, thanks for your input. Much appreciated.