Black-faced Spoonbill

[Kim.K.K.Lam]

Olympus E3 ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 300mm f2.8 + Teleconverter EC-14
ISO400 1/2000sec f7.1

[Norm Dulak]

This is a nice sharp image of an interesting bird.

Kim:

I would crop a bit off the bottom, eliminating the part just below the horizontal green line. Then if possible I would add more space above and to the right of the bird. There are a couple of small white spots on the right foot that I would remove by cloning. Finally, there is a bluish color cast on the underside of the wing and tail feathers. I would eliminate that in PS by making white and black point, or threshold adjustments.

Thanks for sharing.:)

Norm

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the inclusion of the grass and eye contact and wish there were more details in the plumage and head/wing separation.

[Juan Aragonés]

The light is a bit harsh to my taste but I like the landing pose, the hanging feet and the eye contact. Grasses plays a nice role in the composition

[Robert Amoruso]

Kim,

I can go with the more room in front comment but like top, bottom and rear crop just fine. Agree with Axel that critical sharpness is lacking here.