I wanted some great close-up of these guys but they are more skittish than I had thought. Ironically, the Flamingos I encountered in the Everglades that are so rare to see were very calm with me. Here, at Lake Nakuru there can be up to 1.5 million and they are constantly moving away form you.
A lovely image, and I like the back story as well.
I was a bit bothered by the brightness of the image, and tried to tone down the reflections in the water a bit.
For me it makes the birds pop a bit more, but I certainly will defer to your sense of aesthetics, and memory of the scene.
Hi Paul: After comparing your picture and the repost by Randy, I do have to say the birds pop a bit more in the repost. I would remove the piece of the bird in the upper right of the frame. You have a real eye-catching photograph here. What a wonderful story this picture tells.
Randy I do like yours better. I already did a highlight multiply once so it already looked better but now being more distant from capture and memory, yours takes the cake.
I love it Paul. I cannot but wonder how good this image would be with a lower angle... but I am sure that you did your best to get the better available shooting angle. Love the softness of light and all thos eye contacts and, of course, the crowd of legs :-)