Sanibel Beauties

[ChasMcRae]

Well lets see who looked at which beauty first !
I know the head angle of one is not perfect !

One of the advantages of beach photography.

Chas.

[Sid Garige]

Chas,

Alfred can Identify the species very well..

Al,

Do you remember the "Silver Belly Gas guzzler" in flight ? :)

[Danny J Brown]

Nice bokeh!

[Gus Cobos]

The color rendition is spot on...:eek::D:):cool:

[Alfred Forns]

.... depends from which point of view Chas ... if you ask the bird is just perfect !! :)

[ChasMcRae]

What bird ?

[arash_hazeghi]

This is one of the situations where focus on the background problem isn't actually bad!

[Daniel Cadieux]

If your ethics allow it I would clone out the huge white foreground element as it is rather distracting...

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Is that a Great Tit in the background? What kind of bird could it be otherwise? :D

The closer species is definitely better for me:

- never talks back
- always hangs by your side at the beach
- but won't buy you a beer :(

Cool image!

[Alan Melle]

Hmmm, looks like whatever camera body you are using has serious autofocus problems.......

[denise ippolito]

If your ethics allow it I would clone out the huge white foreground element as it is rather distracting...

Now that IS funny!:)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

I wud have kept more room at the top. Who cares about virtual feet?

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very striking composition Chas and I can see you are making the most out of your compositions. Love the caption too.

[Julie Kenward]

I can't belive you chose to focus on the bird...I'm so proud of you for some weird reason! Very funny image, Charles...thanks for the smile.

[Harold Davis]

I can't belive you chose to focus on the bird...

if i were a betting man, i'd bet there is another file with the focal point in a different location!!:D

chas, dont make me break out my sanibel bird pics!!! man, we gotta keep it clean here. sheesh!!:D

[Julie Kenward]

C'mon now, Harold...don't burst my bubble!

[Mike Fuhr]

I would have liked a lot more DOF here!

[ChasMcRae]

Glad everyone has a sense of humor and I didn't get a single lecture !

[Norm Dulak]

Charles:

Forget the girl and the bird! I thought that the beauty of Sanibel was in the lovely seashells that litter the beaches after the tide recedes.

Norm Dulak

[Nancy A Elwood]

Charles do those pinks get brighter during breeding season?:D:D

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Thanks Charles for uploading this, since we are too stress out and pictures like this makes us laugh.

[Ed Cordes]

Very nice image with a great BG. The gentle curves of the BG could use a bit more sharpening!

[ChasMcRae]

Humor and fun is never out of style !

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Charles, between you and her, its very clear who the egret is preferring to look at :-)

[Tony Whitehead]

Superb bokeh!

[Paul Lagasi]

We Canadians think alike...lose the bird, check your focus on camera,....still laughing at that one Dan..thanks for posting this one Chas, I needed a good laugh.
Off to get my vaccine shot...