I love pink Birds

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

Shot this image last spring in Louisiana. I think these birds are extremely beautiful. Love to hear your comments. Shooting particulars below:
Nikon D700
850mm
850mm (in 35mm film)
1/100 sec, f/9
Mode: Manual
Metering: Spot
ISO: 640
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 28.7MB
Image size: 2006 x 1395
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: Adobe RGB

[Robert O'Toole]

Gorgeous bird and good work keeping the toes in the frame. Great sharpness.

I think the image optimization is suspect on this one. A D700 at ISO 640 should have zero noise (up to ISO 2000) so this must be a major exposure or brightness adjustment. Also the colors are very subdued, I am sure this bird's colors were screaming in real life.

Robert