Spoonbills

Gallery: AvianPosted October 12, 2010104 views4 comments

This was taken early in the morning at Ding Darling in Florida. Spoonbills are a favorite because of their color in very soft light.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/1000
Aperture f8
ISO 400
300mm
Some color correction and lighting in Photoshop Esentials
Cropped to 70%

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on October 12, 2010 at 5:18 PM

Nice tranquil scene portrayed by this photo, and an interesting set of poses by the three birds. The only thing I might have tried (if possible!!) would be to step to the left a bit to get a bit of separation between the 2 birds on the right.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 12, 2010 at 10:43 PM

Nice images of the spoonbills, but the composition really doesn't work for my taste, Richard. If you have enough detail, you might crop it down to the two birds on the right-that looks to me like a more interesting image. I like the reflections of the birds and the reeds.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on October 13, 2010 at 1:54 PM

It's sometimes nice to draw back and take an overview scene like this but I think this would work better if the 2 birds on the right were separated. It looks as though a vertical shot of a single bird with those lovely reflections might also make a nice image. Graham

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM

I agree with the suggestions made so far on this shot Richard. I probably would have focused my efforts on the two birds on the right and tried to come up with a good comp for them.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments