Spoonie

[Nico Steenberg]

Photographed this Spoonie at korsmans bird sanctuary benoni South Africa.

I had to compress this IMG quite a bit for BPN requirements.

Canon EOS 7D
EF400mm f/5.6L USM

AV f/7.1
TV 1/2000 sec
ISO 400

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent landing pose and great details!

[Wynand van Wyk]

Stunning detail and well exposed. I like the background colours as well. Very well done!

[Randy Stout]

Nico:

Nice 3D effect here, with great wing display. Always fun to see the differences between your spoonie and ours!

I might very slightly tone down the clump of grasses on the right lower frame edge, just to keep our eye on the bird. Subtle, but I think it would polish the image a bit!

I also think the image could go just a tiny bit brighter, perhaps .25 stop.

Cheers

Randy

[Morkel Erasmus]

Stunning exposure, pose and details Nico - making that 7D shine mate!
Where in Boksburg is this sanctuary?? :2

I like the hint of blur in the wingtips, though I imagine some would like them sharper

[Daniel Cadieux]

A beauty!! I love the balancing play between the grasses in ULC and the ones in LRC...very neat. Great landing pose, and the exposure looks good from here. I would only eliminate the dark spot touching the wing. Very well done.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Wonderful wing position . You can tell from the shadow of the beak that the sun was high , but you have managed the exposure perfectly !!!

[Stu Bowie]

Well timed here Nico, and just love the overall exposure. Nicely separated from the BG too. I havent been back there since we shot together there sometime last year. Was this from inside, or over the fence.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent! Great light, exposure control and pose!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Nico,
My favorite wing position and great light too! Very nicely done!!!

[Nico Steenberg]

Thank you every one for viewing and commenting. Its highly appreciated

This was inside the fence Stu