The Snowy Egret and Roseate Spoonbill look great side-by-side. Nice colours in the water. Your higher position allowed you to take full advantage of the reflections. I do wish for a bit more separation between them though (moving a bit more to your right if possible). I would also eliminate the bright streak running through the spoonbill's reflection. Perhaps a slight CW rotation is needed, and there is an easily fixable bluish cast to the whites.
Daniel. I am about 3 1/2 feet max above the water and maybe 2 feet above the heads of the birds, but I can see how it might look like I'm higher. The birds being so close together is a big reason I liked this image so much. Being the only 2 birds on a large pond these 2 species arn't seen that close together with no other birds around that often by me anyway. I like the Egret's head extending over the Spoonbill back a little to help with my dof.
Dave.The Sun had already set behind me, thus the iso 1600 wide open so I couldn't stop down any and expect to get a sharp image. A tripod at this place and as close as I was would have been impossible. I did lighten the eye slightly, since like I said, it was getting dark fast. But I don't like to change the image very much from the way it came out of the camera. Many think my bg's are digital created like movie productions, but my images actually reflect the colors that are in the ponds where I photograph the birds.
Snowy Egret and another Bird
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