Roseate Spoonbill

Gallery: AvianPosted March 21, 201286 views5 comments

Here is another shot from my recent trip to Ding Darling. This spoonbill was initially too far from me for a good shot. However, without notice, it just up and flew towards me. Panning and the fact that the bird was flying parallel to me as it passed, really helped overcome my single shot autofocus setting.

All comments most welcome.

1D Mark IV, 400 mm f/5.6, 1.4x TC, hand held: ISO 1250, 1/1000 s, f/14, 2/3 EV, 7 MP (44% of 16 MP full frame), NR, exposure adjustment, sharpening.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 21, 2012 at 8:14 AM

Nice one Steve. Accurate color and good detail. I think I would clone out or otherwise remove the OOF wedge in the URHC.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 21, 2012 at 9:50 AM

Good color and nice detail especially visible in the larger version. Does it need a bit of CCW rotation?

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on March 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Colors are beautfully rendered here and there is great detail in the bird., The bird really looks to pop out from the BG. Well done.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 21, 2012 at 5:42 PM

A bird so unattractive it is beautiful. Good shot.

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on March 22, 2012 at 10:02 AM

Hey Steve,
good wing position and exposure. Some good suggestions below on further taking this up a notch.

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