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Greater flamingo

by John Tobias

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted June 26, 2016208 views3 comments
Taken at the newly opened flamingo exhibit at the Miller Park Zoo.  I was trying to focus on the heads of the birds with their uniquely shaped bill.

Canon 80D
1/800 @ F-8 ISO 200
Sigma 150-600c  OS HSM @ 500mm
monopod

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 26, 2016 at 11:33 PM
The soft background color  goes nicely with this portrait.  Excellent detail.
 
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Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on July 1, 2016 at 6:24 PM
Great detail and exposure on the bird. I like the bg, but I think I would have cropped out the horizontal and vertical light bands.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 4, 2016 at 1:32 PM
Exquisite detail and color shading, John.  I think you could make this even better by cloning out the oof fence in the bg.  The straight lines make it a bit distracting even though it's pretty faint.  The bg colors really fit well with the Flamingo.

devil
 
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