Calling Flamingo Red Shoulder

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Found this "Beaut" in Flamingo last weekend!
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1600
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +2/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length 700.0mm

[Randy Stout]

Don:

It makes me think of a choir boy, belting out a tune.
Sharp, well exposed,eye contact.

Perch is nicely scaled, in a perfect world would prefer the far left stub not to be there.

Shooting angle a bit steep, but understandable.

Well captured.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

I think you did very well with this RSH, Don. Love the calling pose, and the perch works well for me in depicting the environment in which we see them so often yet allowing for the clean blue sky as a BG. I would personally prefer a bit less of an angle, but I would have been very happy had this been mine. I wonder whether you may have been able to back up a bit to try some shots with less of a steep angle.

[Herb Houghton]

This has a very nice exposure and good details throughout Don. If it were mine, I may have removed the shadowed part of the perch on left side. The angle is a tad steep, but the eye contact is nice.