Juvi Spoonbill

[Troy Lim]

Original shot taken in a landscape mode, with the subject position about 2/5 to the left of a full frame. Cropped in portrait mode. There were juvi ibis on the left and far right side of the frame. The one on the left was not that visible and was dark, so I burned it to blend into the BG.
I was struggling with the crop, tried the close up, portrait crop but the way the wing position made it a bit tough.
Love to hear what you think, and repost are gladly welcome and appreciated!

Manual
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 700 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Flash: No Flash

[Alfred Forns]

Like it a lot Troy Good pose, lots of feather detail and well exposed .. excellent IQ was this form the D3s? About all you could as for is a catch light to brighten the eye !!

[Troy Lim]

Like it a lot Troy Good pose, lots of feather detail and well exposed .. excellent IQ was this form the D3s? About all you could as for is a catch light to brighten the eye !!

Thank you Al. No I shot this with D700.
When I go out in the salt water, I hesitate to take my big camera. hahahaha.
I thought about leaving it more room and here is almost a full frame.

ibis on the left is a bit distracting.

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image for all reasons Alfred mentioned ,
TFS

[Troy Lim]

excellent image for all reasons Alfred mentioned ,
TFS

Thank you, Harshad.

[Fabs Forns]

I much prefer the crop in the repost, the OP feels very tight for me. If this were mine, I'd burn the light sand.
TFS.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose for this one, nice details too, looks like she is dancing and holding her skirt :D

[Troy Lim]

Thank you everyone.
I will try to burn the sand and see how that will work out.

[Colin Knight]

Repost works better for me too! TFS

[Sid Garige]

Fantastic pose Troy. Great eye contact.

[Michael Stern]

Love the pose and the colors and the position of the spoonbill....
a very pleasing image....

[Troy Lim]

Thank you Sid and Michael.