Incoming Spoonbill

[Bob Blanchard]

Hi all - Here's one from last weekend. I did have to clone out a bit of a foreground bird in the lower right, and also blended out a bit of the BG to provide a uniform, dark bg. I just liked the wing position here and the angles against the dark BG.

Canon 1DM4, 600mm f/4L, f/4, 1/4000, ISO 320, manual mode, Gitzo 5 series tripod with Wimberley head. Captured at Ding Darling shortly after sunrise with a nice wind from the East. Many great captures of them landing that day.

[Troy Lim]

Nice incoming shot with great wing position.
It is just oversaturated.

[Bob Blanchard]

Thanks Troy. I'll take another look. I probably need to calibrate again.

[Jim Neiger]

Very nice capture of one of the calssic spoonbill landing poses. I know how bright pink these birds get in the peak season, but this looks a bit too pink. A little less saturation would be helpfull, IMO.

[Bob Blanchard]

Thanks Jim. I did punch it a bit, so I can dial it down. Will re-post without saturation.

[Bob Blanchard]

Here's a repost. No saturation at all on this one.