Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

[dolina]

January 2019 marks my 10 years in wildlife and sports photography.

It has been an interesting ride with its ups and downs. If I were to do this again I would have done it differently.

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

[Toddyh]

Fantastic colours.
How would you do things differently?

[Isac]

Rather stunning colours Paolo. Nice action shot of the spoonbills. Our spoonbills are just a boring white

[dolina]

Thanks Toddyh! I would have taken up my grad studies before taking up that specific genre of photography.

Thanks Isac, This is the 2nd time for me to see spoonbills in the wild in person.

[dolina]

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

The roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) nests in shrubs or trees, often mangroves, laying two to five eggs, which are whitish with brown markings.[11] Immature birds have white, feathered heads, and the pink of the plumage is paler. The bill is yellowish or pinkish.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate_spoonbill

Location: https://houstonaudubon.org/sanctuari...y/rookery.html

[Isac]

Stunning capture Paolo! The colour of that bird is sensational. Very good detail and well framed. Thanks for sharing.
Just a friendly tip: When you have a new image to post, start a new thread to help keep a good flow for the forum, Cheers Greg

[dolina]

Thanks Isac

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

[Isac]

Those birds certainly have spectacular colours!

[Ralph]

I Great colours, not sure what you need to change on these as I think they are all good shots.

[eaglem]

Good back lighting with a lot of detail

[dolina]

Thank you Isac Ralph eaglem