Roseate Spoonbill + Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted March 25, 2012235 views14 comments

Canon EOS 7D
EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS @90mm
1/1600 sec
Manual
f/7.1
ISO 400
Handheld
Rookery at St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Raw, LR3, CS5

Another effort from the rookery. The vegetation behind the bird is a bit further away than for the tricolored heron, but there may still be way too much vegetation here (hence my post in the Bird Photography forum about how to do better at rookeries like this).

Comments, opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 25, 2012 at 7:52 PM

Barbara, great detail and a good pose make this picture. I do think you need to haul back on the saturation.and brighten up some. You have plenty of room before you reach the white gamut, except for a small sliver along the back, which can be handled easily. Plus the subject can easily be separated as a second layer where you can concentrate on the BG.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on March 25, 2012 at 8:08 PM

Another very good shot Barbara. I guess I am in the minority but I think the BG reflects the natural environment of the bird so I do not find it distracting. I would agree on the saturation being just a bit too much on this one. I do love these birds.

Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 25, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Thanks, Phil and Walt. Here is a repost with the saturation pulled back a bit and a bit brighter.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 25, 2012 at 8:49 PM

Much better!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on March 25, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Very nice Barbara, I would be happy with either one! Like the pose you caught in this image. TFS

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on March 25, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Wonderful color and a reflective look.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 26, 2012 at 6:15 AM

A really nice comp Barbara. Repost saturation looks very natural to me. BG vege is not an issue for me. I like it.

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

Comment posted by Carlette Bragg on March 26, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Nice capture Barbara! BG vegitation is not a problem for me. You captured the subject in it's enviroment. I will be traveling to the Alligator Farm first week in May and I hope these guys are still around.

Registered on March 19, 2009, 76 Posts, 387 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 26, 2012 at 9:04 AM

nice work on the repost, Barbara. I like your comp and I do not have any issue with the setting.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 26, 2012 at 12:22 PM

The repost fixed my issues with the original. The setting here is fine as you have good separation of subject/BG and the BG itself is more uniform.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 26, 2012 at 12:22 PM

The background looks fine to me, Barbara. Nice pose and very nice detail. The saturation on the repost looks much more natural. Great job.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 26, 2012 at 2:22 PM

I do not think the vegetation background takes away from the image and I like the 2nd post with the more natural looking colors. Very nice detail through out the bird from legs to beak, not an easy thing to do, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on March 26, 2012 at 7:56 PM

Love the comp and the detail you captured Barbara. The repost is a better presentation of this very neat shot IMO.

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments

Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on March 26, 2012 at 9:44 PM

I like the repost very much. Nice.

Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments