Juvenile Spoonbill

[Troy Lim]

Out with Capt. Shadle and got some Juvenile Spoonbill shots.
Caught this one with open beak and raise leg. Cleaned up some spots on the water surface. Hope you like it.




Camera Nikon D3S
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length 1000 mm
ISO Speed 500
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash

[Morkel Erasmus]

Love the pose and nicely exposed against the dark water Troy...
1000mmm...was this the 500mm with 2x?
Maybe sharpen the head a smidgeon more?

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose with the open beak and raised foot, Troy.

[Doug Brown]

Like the pose Troy. Sharpness looks good too. Maybe a little more room around the bird.

[Craig Brelsford]

Nice one, Troy, I'm always impressed by how the D3S performs in bright light. Sharpness good. Good choice in your aperture of f9; you knew you had plenty of light to work with, so why not stop down? I too am wondering how you got to a focal length of 1000 mm.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Brilliant image , Troy . The colours are awesome , lovely raised foot pose !! Agree that it can take some more sharpening !

[Troy Lim]

Love the pose and nicely exposed against the dark water Troy...
1000mmm...was this the 500mm with 2x?
Maybe sharpen the head a smidgeon more?

Morkel, it was with 600 + 1.7TC

[Troy Lim]

Like the pose Troy. Sharpness looks good too. Maybe a little more room around the bird.

Thank you Doug

[Troy Lim]

Nice one, Troy, I'm always impressed by how the D3S performs in bright light. Sharpness good. Good choice in your aperture of f9; you knew you had plenty of light to work with, so why not stop down? I too am wondering how you got to a focal length of 1000 mm.

Craig, amateur mistake. Yeah I could have stopped down more.
This was the day my tripod broke, I had to constantly holding on the the 3rd leg. It bothered me that I was not able to be more focus on shooting. Plus this lasted a few frames only.