Another Spoonbill

Posted by Jim Urbach on Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:45 pm

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Ft. DeSoto, North Beach.

I have noted that I have more success at North Beach when the tides are high. High tide was 6:10 AM The levels 2 Sundays mornings ago were the highest I've seen since I started going there 1 1/2 years ago. Using a 600 lens and moving about slowly allows one to isolate on a single bird. Only after the level dropped significantly did the spoonbills take flight.

10D, 600IS, fill at -1.7, full frame, no crop.

Reposts and critiques welcome.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:47 pm

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Awesome shot Jim,

Love the soft light.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:54 pm

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Another very nice shot. The light is excellent and you got so close. I think I prefer the first one though primarily due to the squarish crop on this one.

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by Jim Urbach on Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:11 pm

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Correction, Croppped from the left as EJ pointed out.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:12 pm

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Another beauty, Jim. Aside from wanting more room at the bottom and a bit less on the right side, I believe everything else is on target.

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by Arthur Morris on Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:24 pm

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Nice one Jim. Just where is this DeSoto place??? <smile>

I like the composition as is; if anything, I'd crop a teench more off the bottom to get rid of the tiny bit of body reflection.

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by AlexC on Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:29 pm

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Wonderful , Jim!!!
No nits from me, don't crop just clone the partial reflection from the bottom
Just marvelous!!!

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by Bruce Sherman on Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:39 pm

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Jim,
I really like this one. It has a very serene look to it. This is enhanced by the pastel colors

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by LHays on Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:47 pm

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Jim
You sure got the spoonbill shots. Very nice....especially the colors. Excellent!

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by Jill on Wed Aug 27, 2003 9:04 pm

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She's a beauty, Jim. Fort de Soto Park is one of Florida's best! I'll leave the directions to you.

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by Heather Forcier on Wed Aug 27, 2003 9:33 pm

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This is really beautiful, lovely light, calm water and seemingly relaxed bird. I would tend to agree with Sandy on the crop suggestions. One thing I especially like is the angle of the head that shows off the eye and bill.

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by Andrew Mc on Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:06 am

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Lovely light and great colours. I like the crop, but tend to agree with getting rid of a touch more off the bottom to exclude the body reflection.

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by Rich S on Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:44 am

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Wonderful as is, but interesting set of suggestions. (I'm inclined to agree with AlexC with a bit of cloning.) I'm with E.J. in preferrring the first shot, but then that makes this one my second favorite spoonbill shot.

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by Mike Wilson on Thu Aug 28, 2003 11:40 am

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Man that light is sweet. Well done.

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by Rocky Sharwell on Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:14 pm

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Hi Jim!

This is very sweet light. I think I would crop a bit from the bottom--or clone out the tail reflection.

I am planning on being out there Saturday--and perhaps another day too this long weekend.

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by Jim Neiger on Thu Aug 28, 2003 2:29 pm

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Another good one Jim. I hope you had as much luck yesterday as we did last week.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Thu Aug 28, 2003 4:57 pm

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Jim,

These spoonbill posts have been so nice. The morning must have been one of those rare times where you knew from the start that it was going to be a good day. I think the quality of the light is outstanding.

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:22 pm