Summer Spoonbill at Snake Bite Creek

Posted by Parrothead Pete on Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:26 am

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I was amazed at the number of spoonies visible from the boat as you pass snake bite creek in the glades. The mud flats there are to treacherous to walk or crawl on as you can sink into 3 feet of mud. so I was forced to shoot handheld from the edge of the flats....since I had to shoot with a 400 5.6L and a 1.4x TC from a boat, my images did not come out sharp as I would have liked. But no need to send them to the delete bin....I send them to the digital art directory

lucis art filters; watercolors; autofx edges; and textures....

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by stevebein on Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:48 am

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outstanding! I really like the water color effect on this.

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by Lisa Gimber on Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:34 pm

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Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Mike Gallo on Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:22 pm

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You have this watercolor down to a fine art Mike, the FG & BG waters really add a lot to the image :) :) :)

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by phojo89 on Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:37 pm

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This is beautiful!!!. I love the water color effect. Great job. Carol W

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by AForns on Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:53 pm

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Another beautiful image Mike !!!! You sure got the hand of it !!!

.... btw the boat did not make it through the storm !!! Its upside down by the dock

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by Fabs Forns on Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:07 pm

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Now you're an expert in Spoonies

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by Gary Briney on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:29 pm

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terrific watercolor -- another masterwork...

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by nzmacro on Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:38 am

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LOL, digital art directory huh

, good onya mate

. Well you would never know Mike looking at this. Wonderful effect again and hey, you got some funny names for creeks up there Mike, I wouldn't go anywhere near it

Nice work and the soft frame works well. Love the colours in this. How tall would they be Mike ???, we don't have them here.

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:04 am

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and this from the guy who a short time ago was still looking for a Spoonie!!

Beautifully worked Mike! even the bird looks to be smiling! :)

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by Parrothead Pete on Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:58 am

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nzmacro wrote:LOL, digital art directory huh , good onya mate . Well you would never know Mike looking at this. Wonderful effect again and hey, you got some funny names for creeks up there Mike, I wouldn't go anywhere near it Nice work and the soft frame works well. Love the colours in this. How tall would they be Mike ???, we don't have them here.

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this one was probably 15 inches tall. While the creek and the nearby trail are called snakebite....the more appropriate name would be mosquito bite

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by nzmacro on Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:43 pm

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LOL, plenty of mosi's huh Mike

15", somehow I thought they might have been taller for some reason. Must be how close you guy's get and the lenses used. Fascinating bird

Thanks Mike, great result of course M8t

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by Kenny_k on Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:06 am

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I like your thinking on this..I've been stock piling my "not so good ones" for awhile now..just need to get creative with them..

Great work!!!!!!!!!

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by Parrothead Pete on Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:30 am

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nzmacro wrote:LOL, plenty of mosi's huh Mike 15", somehow I thought they might have been taller for some reason. Must be how close you guy's get and the lenses used. Fascinating bird

Thanks Mike, great result of course M8t

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Dan, the spoonies get taller, I've seen some 2 feet high and they can grow as tall as 32 inches....the one's I saw that day weren't that tall...younger birds...the tall ones only come out for Fab and Mr. Hugh....