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Common Spoonbill


Common Spoonbill
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Copyright: Goutham Ramesh (goutham_ramesh) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 775 W: 150 N: 2522] (10142)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-02
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D50, SIGMA 70-300 APO MACRO SUPER II
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): GouthamBirds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-17 3:54
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Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 21
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi All,
This is common spoon bill shot at Ranganathittu ( another picture from a beautiful place )

The Common Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, native across southern Eurasia from Spain to Japan, and north Africa. Most birds migrate to the tropics in winter, with European breeders going to Africa, but a few remaining in mild winter areas of western Europe north to the UK.

This species is almost unmistakable through most of its range. The breeding bird is all white except for its dark legs, black bill with a yellow tip, and a yellow breast patch like a pelican. It has a crest in the breeding season. Non-breeders lack the crest and breast patch, and immatures have a pale bill and black tips to the primary flight feathers. Unlike herons, spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Spoonbill

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Goutham R
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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 512 W: 87 N: 692] (5873)
  • [2007-02-17 4:01]

bonjour Goutham,
très belle image de cet oiseau. La netteté est surperbe, et l'éclat du plumage vraiment bien retranscrit.

tfs

great capture, TFS Ori

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 64 N: 1266] (5195)
  • [2007-02-17 7:41]

Excellent shot!!
Wonderful bird and wonderful quality and composition.
How much beauty through your camera!
Congratulations and thank you very much for sharing.
Maite

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2797 W: 161 N: 293] (893)
  • [2007-02-17 9:16]

Hello Goutham,
Brilliant capture of this spoonbill in a beautiful pose and in early breeding plumage.
Wonderful light and superb details and colours!
Nice leafy backghround too.
Many thanks, Ulla

  • Good 
  • viv Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 296 W: 3 N: 648] (3275)
  • [2007-02-17 10:11]

Hi Goutham,
Whow !!! What a great catch, so crisp and clear and full of details.
Really great. Super.
THanks
Vivian

Hi Goutham,
An impressive image of this lovely bird in vertical orientation.
All the subtle shades, patterns and other details are perfectly delineated in this well composed captyre.
Ram

  • Great 
  • Aramok Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 883 W: 103 N: 1409] (4891)
  • [2007-02-17 13:06]

Goutham

great capture and very nicley done. The detail and sharpness is excellent.

TFS
Emma

Beautiful bird. Crisp clear capture. Interesting note.
you must have good skills to approach birds.
TFS
JM

Goutham,

You have captured very good details. I love the red patch in the neck and the plumage behind the head.

Regards,
Murali Santhanam

Hi Goutham,
Excellent shot on this Spoonbill in it's breeding plumage. Beautiful colors and detail in the plumage. You handled the light very well. Thers birds are really unique with that bill. We get the Rosetta Spoonbills in the Southern U.S. They are very colorful like Flamingos.
Scott

Dear Goutham,
I got this too, however not as sharp as you have got this fellow ! Excellent composition and POV with great details. Congrats !
With best regards.vab.
V Amar Bhaskar

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