500 posts!!

[Joel Eade]

My 500th post, yahoo! ... A good start anyway .... A Roseate spoonbill from the deck of the Hooptie Deux last September

1DMKIII
500 f/4
Evaluative metering
Manual exposure
Tripod
1/1250
f/9
iso 400

[Dan Brown]

Congrats on a nice milestone, Joel! Great image for the 500th! Now you will really have to work to top this for the 1K!

[Randy Stout]

Joel:

Congrats on 500. It seems like only yesterday for me.

Great subject for a milestone, sharp, good head angle, even background.

On my monitor, it was a little too bright. I tried reducing the exposure a bit, which helped, and also did a version with a selection of the bird and rain a multiply blend mode on it, which toned down the brightest areas a bit. Might be worth a look.

Cheers

Randy

[Allen Sparks]

beautiful shot. Congrats on 500. I like the contrasting bird with the BG and lit subject. Nice one!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely texture, contrast and IQ...Needs a CCW rotation to level out the water line...Congrats on the 500

[Gary Esman]

Congrats! Like the preening pose and light angle. The shadows have given a nice 3D effect with great light on the eye, gorgeous birds they are! TFS

Gary

[Doug Brown]

Congrats on your 500th post Joel! Love that preening pose with great sharpness throughout. I'll be in Florida next month and am hoping to see some Spoonies.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Joel, congrats on 500 and thanks for your continued participation!! :-)

Beautiful spoonie in a good preening pose. A bit of CCW roatation (as per Dumay) would be a good idea to do.

......Now on to the next 500!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the preening pose, details and sharpness. Congrats on your 500th post and a great image!

[Troy Lim]

Very nice Preening post. Congrats!