Spoonbill Preening

[Sid Garige]

Another one from Alafia Banks, Fl.
Canon 7D 500mm F4
F5.6 1/1200 ISO 400

[Marina Scarr]

You were sure blessed with some killer light here, Sid. The blue BG is lovely and I love the fact that he is perched on a mound b/c it's different from what we normally see. I wonder how much of a crop this is?

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto Marina. And a great head angle. And a killer orange face. And no wind. Very sweet indeed.

[Ofer Levy]

Very pretty image! All worked well in here.

[arash_hazeghi]

great Sid, love the pose and details, also the the spoonie's choice of perch!

[Bryan Hix]

Nice job. Beautiful full colors and preening pose. The BG really makes it stand out.

[DanWalters]

Great light and I really like the pose. Nice clean background as well.

[Kiran Poonacha]

nice perch and the colors make this for me.. nicely doen Sid..

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Awesome shot, Sid. liked the pose, colors, light and the size of the subject in the frame. very nice.

[Nico Steenberg]

Stunning IQ ans exposure. Like the pose and comp

[Randy Stout]

Sid:

This is excellent as pointed out above. I was most pleased by the perch, a bit different look.

I am sure the whites are fine on the histogram, but I occasionally will run a light multiply mode selection on the whites of spoonies to tone them down just a tiny bit, add a little extra definition.

Lovely as is!

Cheers

Randy

[Sid Garige]

I wonder how much of a crop this is?

Marina,
Cropped vertical from horizantal.

-Sid

[James Salywoda]

Gorgeous pose and shot Sid...