balancing act

Please add a comment to this roseate spoonbill in breeding

plumage. . .

The perfect photograph!! 7/7 easy..

Great capture. Love the detail in the feathers. Your best bird shot to date, I think.

i rate 7/7 ... this is for me a perfect photo.

wonderful colours, good sharpness und fantastic picture-construction!

 

greetings janleo? :-)

Hi Donna, this is just amazing, wonderful image!

 

Dave

Outstanding.

Very nice. Like the composition and pose of the bird. The eye stands out nicely. The background is a bit grainy, and could probably be blurred (or not sharpened), which would improve this image IMHO. Thanks for sharing. Alex

very good timing.. Nice colors and sharpness.

Congrulations..

eccellente!!! ciao Giangiorgio

MUY BUENA CAPTURA , FANTASTICOS TONOS DE COLOR Y BUENA COMPOSICION , UN SALUDO

Interesting pose Donna, interesting bird as well. I wonder if its colors are saturated a bit or these are its natural colors? what kind is it? its face are unusual.very nice, Pnina

Thanks everyone for your comments. .

 

Pnina, the colors are real and not oversaturated. . these roseate spoonbills migrate to the coast of Texas at this time of the year to breed which accounts for the deep red and yellow colored plumage. . . their beautiful feathers make a sharp contrast to the primitive reptilian like head and large spoonbill which is only visible from the side in this image.

 

Alex, thanks for the comments about the grain. . I'm not sure why it's there . . . I don't know if shooting raw is contributing to it. . .

 

 

 

 

I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite from such a rich portfolio, but this is up there. Thank you for the inspiration, Donna.

Uufff! menuda toma Donna, un ave maravillosa, el color y la composicion son muy buenos. Saludos cordiales.

What a stunning picture! Fantastic colors and perfect timing.

Superb capture. Wonderful detail, composition, and bg, not to speak of the great timing.

Excellent capture, Donna! I have yet to get a shot of one of these birds yet, so I'm very jealous. :)

Great shot Donna! I didn't know they had so many rows of feathers... nice detail! You rule.

Beautiful bird! Perfect shot.

Woah - that's a keeper. How much of the frame is this?

Great, great, great one Donna. Excellent background also. Did I mention this is great?

Thanks again everyone for your kind comments. . .

 

Kim, I'm assuming you have spoonbills in Corpus. . . I've haven't had any luck in Galveston but I took this shot at an Audubon sanctuary at High Island. . .

 

Christopher. . . this crop was about a third of the image. . maybe I'm expecting too much from this enlargement. .

 

Becky and Sarah. . . thanks for visiting. . . they certainly have a lot of feathers. . . at one time they were used for ladie's hats. . needless to say, the birds were hunted almost to extinction for that reason. . .

 

 

Excellent capture, rich in colors and details.

Was this a balancing act for the bird or you? Because that's what you've achieved...balance of color, comp, dof. Really beautiful work.

 

Thanks, too, for stopping by to visit! You would love all of the birds down here!

Is it doing some acrobatic act? Superb pose & you have caught it right on time.