Spoonbill

[Gavin Spooner]

Model: NIKON D2X
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 400mm f2.8 afs II

Shot in September.

Cheers
Gavin

[Adams Serra]

Hi Gavin,
Great low angle image. Good looking bird and nice BG.
I will be back in Florida next month, i hope to see you at Estero.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image , nice water droplet from beak and raised feet ,
If mine I may add canvas in bottom and front of bird
TFS

[Gavin Spooner]

Hi Gavin,
Great low angle image. Good looking bird and nice BG.
I will be back in Florida next month, i hope to see you at Estero.

Adams:

thanks. I saw on your avatar that you are now back in Brazil. Send me a message when you you in Fl and hopefully we can meet up. Of course if Brazil beat England next weekend I'll buy you a beer and vice versa!

Cheers
Gavin

[Gavin Spooner]

Harshad:

Thanks for the comment. I'm always a little torn where to put the Spoonie with consideration of the reflection.

cheers
Gavin

[John Blumenkamp]

Great angle and detail here... the raised leg and water droplet give it a uniqueness.

[Danny Laredo]

Gavin, this is really nice. Love the pose light and low angle. The water drops are a nice bonus.
Seems CW rotation is needed.

[Jan Fourie]

love the colours,pose and BG .The water droplets is a bonus
jan

[Adams Serra]

Adams:

thanks. I saw on your avatar that you are now back in Brazil. Send me a message when you you in Fl and hopefully we can meet up. Of course if Brazil beat England next weekend I'll buy you a beer and vice versa!

Cheers
Gavin

Hi Gavin,
Sounds good to me man, I will send you a PM whem i am back in town.

Adams

[Marina Scarr]

Hi Gavin: Long time no see. I really like the mood on this one and the way the water is reflecting back on the bird. You did well with exposure and crop. With this composition the bird's raised food and water droplets are really accentuated. Congrats!