Spoony

Gallery: AvianPosted January 3, 2013151 views19 comments

This roseate spoonbill was coming into land with several other birds already on the water in front of me. This was very first light, thus the slow SS and wide open ap. The BG is mixed clouds (dark and light).

Please view larger version for max details. Thanks.

Canon 1DM4
500mm f/4 + 1.4x TC
ISO 1000
f/5.6
1/640s
Manual exp
Hand held
almost full frame

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Marella on January 3, 2013 at 9:25 AM

It appears that your shutterspeed was plenty enough to get a sharp eye! The light under the wings is really nice, and the BG looks fine to me. Good high ISO performance.

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Comment posted by Steve Zimic on January 3, 2013 at 9:47 AM

Great capture and light. I love that the background is not blown out as is often the case.

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on January 3, 2013 at 12:25 PM

The colors are vibrant and this is beautiful!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 3, 2013 at 12:56 PM

Beautiful, Ron. I like the way the wings are so translucent.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 3, 2013 at 2:52 PM

Very nice as presented. Placing the spoonbill high in the frame is just right for the dangling feet and lowered head.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on January 3, 2013 at 2:59 PM

Stunning shot!

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on January 3, 2013 at 4:56 PM

Really nice flight pose, Ron. Good details, too. Excellent comp/framing as Rich mentioned. Appears to be a bit of underwing noise in the larger image, but this may be due to shadow/highlight adjustment (I see this in my images occasionally). Nice work.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 3, 2013 at 5:51 PM

Bill, no shadow or highlight adjustments made to this image. It was shot at ISO 1000 in low light so there will be some noise, but not anything that degrades the image IMO.

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on January 3, 2013 at 8:26 PM

Wow, Ron, what an incredible BIF image. In the large photo, it seems the bird is staring me in the eye. And talk about sharp! It could not be any sharper. You have really got the big lens, hand held thing down! The position also is absolutely stunning. Very different position than normally captured. So I guess what I'm saying is - I love it!

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Comment posted by James Allen on January 3, 2013 at 9:04 PM

This is absolutely gorgeous Ron

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on January 3, 2013 at 10:15 PM

Beautiful pose and lovely colors. I like it a lot !

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 3, 2013 at 10:20 PM

Beautiful light and pose Ron

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 3, 2013 at 11:35 PM

Wow, this is terrific! Love the bigger version, it's such a great head-on view of his head/eye.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 4, 2013 at 1:36 AM

Excelllent!!

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Comment posted by David Sewell on January 4, 2013 at 11:27 AM

That is a fabulous flight image, and great quality for a handheld shot.

David

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 4, 2013 at 11:46 PM

Great flight photo in awesome light. I really like the detail view under the wings.

Sweet One Ron

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on January 5, 2013 at 9:48 AM

Stunning image. Perfect timing and focus. Sharp head and eye. Sweet light under the wings.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 5, 2013 at 10:23 PM

Perfect exposure and detail!
Couldn't be better!
Sandy

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on January 7, 2013 at 12:51 PM

Another great BIF image, Ron. Perfect vantage point to capture this coming in. SS seems plenty to capture it sharp. Even wide open, you have got the entire spoonbill sharp. I really like the details in the larger version, particularly the translucent spreadout feathers.

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