2/3/2010
On February 3, 2010 by lightshedder With 0 Comments
- Pic of the Day
Roseate Spoonbill Overload
Someone made the mistake of requesting more Roseate Spoonbills! I photograph the Spoonbills every trip to Merritt Island in January, when they are just coming into breeding plumage, and then again, hopefully, in April in St. Augustine in full breeding.
Late afternoon, almost sunset, light in all these shots. Partial backlighting in the last three. Once more the programmed auto in the Zeiss PhotoScope 85FL handles exposure very well in tricky situations.
Zeiss PhotoScope 85FL at various magnifications and exposures.
In Lightroom, I added Clarity and Vibrance, reduced contrast to –20, and used the Sharpen Landscape preset. Blackpoint just slightly right.
From Latest PhotoScoped.
these are fantastic, well done!!
your usual great pictures. jbuca
Beautiful birds. Nice work!
Fabulous – especially No 1, which has real character.
Super great job. Beautiful birds!
I would NEVER tire of seeing these beauties! WOW! They are gorgeous!
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