Spoonbill

[Stephen Earle]

Mark IV
ISO 400
F 7.1
1/2500
500 F 4 IS

Mankwe Hide, Pilanesberg Game Reserve, South Africa

[Scott Frye]

Good job on handling the whites and the red face draws my attention right into the picture -- nicely presented

[Art Kornienko]

Sure is sharp and great wing position, a bit more room top right hand corner around the wing would have been nice.

[Alan Murphy]

Love the sharpness and detail on this image. Great wing position too.

[James Shadle]

What an interesting subject! I've been known to photography a Spoonbill or two, but all of mine are pink:).
Tack sharp, beautiful light, exposure and background.
I agree with Art, a little more room top right corner would make this an even stronger image.

Was the background slopped or is the horizon off axis?

[Stephen Earle]

Thanks for the useful input everyone. I did indeed overlook the fact that the bg was skew. Here is a repost with a slight levels adjustment.

On the original I also did some bg cleanup which I'll leave as it was in the repost.

[Charissa]

Super image Stephen. Excellent exposure, detail and BG. Super shot.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You nailed the exposure, and quite sharp as posted! I prefer the warmer WB of the repost, but the BG clean up was well done in the first...although I'd also tone down the dark area touching the near wing.

[Robert Amoruso]

I like the redo. Interesting to see a white spoonbill.

[Ken Watkins]

Stephen,

Very nice indeed, I would love to have it.

I thought Spoonbills were white:confused:

[James Shadle]

The re-post is nails!!

[Hendri Venter]

Now thats perfect exposure on whites No sigh of detail lost. Mankwe BG always a killer. Lovely image Stephen.

[Tony Whitehead]

Excellent job, Stephen. Repost is a good improvement. Interesting to see folks finding white spoonbills exotic looking - I always find the pink ones exotic!:D