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Roseate Spoonbills in Flight

© Laurie M. Elmer

Roseate Spoonbills in Flight

Uploaded: September 13, 2004

Description

Ft. Desoto Park, Pinellas County, FL

Comments

September 13, 2004

Wow! It's wonderful image, Laurie! #168616

Kathleen Clemons September 14, 2004

Stunning, Laurie!! #776944

Patricia A. Cale October 15, 2004

Very nice shot, Laurie! Congrats and good luck!! #845424

Penny Steiner October 15, 2004

Wow, Laurie..this one almost bowled me over...your work is getting better and better. This looks to me like a winner and hope it makes it. I know how hard these images are to capture.
Congratulations...will be in Sarasota again in Jan. P. #846443

Cathy Barrows October 16, 2004

Congrats!...love the spoonbills in flight...wonderful #849569

Laurie M. Elmer October 16, 2004

Thank you all for your nice comments. Penny, I hope to see you in January! #849950

Carol Brill November 03, 2004

Such a lovely vision in pink and blue, Laurie, congratulations on your POTD!! #887168

Carol Engstrom level-classic November 03, 2004

This is so beautiful! Congrats on POTD. #887170

Patty Razonable November 03, 2004

Great capture! Congrats on you POTD! #887174

Leanne M.E. Boyd November 03, 2004

Gorgeous shot Laurie! Congrats on your POTD! #887181

Jimi Hammerly November 03, 2004

Beautiful photo - love the colors and the contrast. I can't leave out the capture of them in flight. Nice work! #887211

Robert A. Burns level-addict November 03, 2004

Gorgeous color. Sharp detail. Beautifully composed.

Please tell me what lens you used, and what were your settings.

-Bob #887221

Kathleen Clemons November 03, 2004

Congrats, Laurie! #887229

Vladimir Azarian November 03, 2004

Thanks for sharing such a lovely picture.
My congrats and best wishes. #887240

Penny Steiner November 03, 2004

Oh, this one is so worthy of POTD...I really thought you would place with this fabulous photo but I am so happy you have gotten recognition and Laurie, enjoy your day. See you in Jan.

Penny #887245

Kristen McKain November 03, 2004

Amazing capture - congrats on the POTD! #887250

Deborah Lewinson level-addict November 03, 2004

Congratulations on your POTD, Laurie, for this outstanding capture and beautiful image!

-Debby #887324

Dolores Neilson November 03, 2004

Laurie...this is a wonderful wildlife shot with unusual pastel colors! Wonderful!! Congrats on your potd! #887356

Beverley Lu Steeves November 03, 2004

Congratulations Laurie on POTD!! #887459

Scott Pedersen November 03, 2004

Very nice colors and excellent job of frameing the birds Laurie What attracted me especially was the colors. Glad that it went fianalst in the contest. #887476

Sara And Dick level-addict November 03, 2004

Congratulations! Beautiful capture of these grand birds in flight! Good color, contrast, framing! EXCELLENT! Dick & Sara #887504

Dan Walters level-classic November 03, 2004

Great flight shot and nice colors! #887508

November 03, 2004

Incredibly beautiful! #887537

Barbara Kehoe November 03, 2004

Beautiful, beautiful #887642

Cathy Barrows November 03, 2004

Congrats on POTD...this is an excellent pic of the spoonbills #887696

Eleanor Caputo November 03, 2004

Very beautiful Laurie. Great action capture in flight. Big Congratulations!! #887850

Robert Brown November 03, 2004

Congratulations, Laurie, you're queen for a day! #887935

Isabel L November 03, 2004

Beautiful photograph!!
Congrats. #887971

Laurie M. Elmer November 03, 2004

Thank you ALL for your kind comments. I was quite surprised and honored when I opened my e-mail this morning!

Robert Burns-I'm trying to find the disk with the RAW file on it so I can see the exact settings. I shot this several months ago and don't remember the specifics. I do know I used a Tamron 70-300 lens fairly wide open. I just don't recall the exact aperture.

Robert O. Brown- Thanks for the "crown" (just for a day?) #887980

Kris Lingle November 03, 2004

Congrats! Your images are amazing.
#888066

Penny Steiner November 03, 2004

You deserve that crown today, Laurie!!! I was also wondering what lens you used. It is such an amazing shot. Did you use center focus? P. #888087

November 03, 2004

Gee, Laurie, I was thinking of running over to Sanibel this weekend, but now I'm discouraged! With luck and a little skill I still wouldn't catch up to this one! Fabulous. #888108

Laurie M. Elmer November 03, 2004

Kris, Penny and Llewellyn, thanks for you comments,

Penny-This was focused manually. The relatively cheap lens on my D70 doesn't autofocus too well (sluggish). I've gotten so used to manual focus, I rarely use autofocus anymore. I had the camera on my Tripod and was panning and focusing as they fed along the shore. Luckily, when they took flight, they remained in the same focal plane. I have MANY out of focus versions!

Llewellyn-Go to Sanibel this weekend!!! The birds should be arriving! #888157

Anita Taylor November 03, 2004

What an incredibly wonderful shot, Laurie! I haven't been over that way in awhile, but maybe I should go soon :) #888293

William C. Raco level-classic November 03, 2004

This is a fabulous photo, Laurie.
I love the focus, the positions and motion, the color and clarity.
Very well deserving of the POTD recognition.
Conngratulations.

bill #888382

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 03, 2004

Great image, the birds in flight are so very beautiful!! Great comp and color, a big congratulations on your photo of the day win!! #888606

Kathleen R. Struckle November 03, 2004

Beautiful image Laurie!! Congrats on POTD!! #889185

Laurie M. Elmer November 03, 2004

Thanks again to everyone for the nice comments. This certainly made my day! #889187

Janet S Weaver November 04, 2004

What a wonderful capture!! Congrats on your POD Laurie!! Outstanding work!!! #889885

Ed Heaton November 04, 2004

Well done Laurie,

Congrats on POTD! #890578

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 17, 2006

So beautiful, a great featured photo. Very nice timing and colors. Congratulations on being featured in the SnapShot newsletter today! #2777702

Sharon C. Nickodem level-deluxe May 18, 2006

Hi Laurie.....good to see you're still taking gorgeous photos!! Did you ever do your Portfolio project? Sharon #2782958

Ariel Lepor June 04, 2006

Great spoonbill shot, Laurie! This is AWESOME! #2852039

Ariel Lepor June 04, 2006

Great spoonbill shot, Laurie! This is AWESOME! #2852040

Laura M. Galloway April 08, 2008

congrats! this is fabulous~ #5763656

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