Rosie

Gallery: AvianPosted September 20, 201178 views6 comments

I never get tired of the beautiful colors in these birds. I would have liked to have been able to use a smaller f-stop to make the background more blurry and less busy, but the bills on these birds stick out so far from their body that a larger f-stop was necessary to get the bill in focus. I hope I have left enough room for the bird's virtual feet. What do you think?

Canon 5D
300mm f/4L IS
1/800, f/6.3, ISO 400
5-14-2011, 8:06am

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 20, 2011 at 9:20 PM

Great use of the natural frame and the colors work wonderfully here.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 20, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Lovely colors and I like the natural framing as well. Regarding the virtual feet I think you may have not left enough room for them but the other choice is to have a lot more oof greenery at the bottom so I think your decision on comp was well made.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 20, 2011 at 10:46 PM

Lovely detail, Carol and I like the pose and eye contact.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 20, 2011 at 11:03 PM

Beautiful image Carol, love the colors. The detail on the eye and head is remarkable, great image,

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 3, 2011 at 5:01 AM

These Rosette Spoonbills are such beautiful bird, though all too often I see pictures that don't show off the design of the bill as much as I'd like. This one, however, is perfect for me! I think you made an excellent choice with the aperture setting and I wouldn't have even thought of "virtual feet" if you hadn't mentioned them yourself ;^)

Wonderful capture Carol, I love the setting and the eye is the cherry on my cake, thanks for sharing :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by RL Langston on October 29, 2011 at 5:01 PM

wonderfully done..beautiful capture. The bird is in a natural enviroment, wouldn't have changed nuttin...
Thanks for sharing...

Registered on February 2, 2011, 5 Posts, 4 Comments