Florida Birds

[jbtaylor]

Caught up with these guys last week.

[Dr. Harout]

I see you're having good (and warm) time in Florida.

[aster]

Hi Jbtaylor,

I admire the brightness of the colours in your photos. Each bird is in 3 dimensional appearance when shot with such a clear lens and good visibility conditions.

Thanks for sharing. I especially like the details and colour of the first and third while enjoying the bokeh of the second.

Yildiz

[Mande Daguerre]

I love the dof in the second one. Really nice portrait shot

[Greg Beetham]

I like em all, but I really like that first one of the Egret.
Greg

[jbtaylor]

Thanks for the comments folks. Florida has many of these little preserves with boardwalks that wind through wetland areas. You see all kinds of birds and all kinds of people. Images like these may seem like they were taken deep in the everglades but more than likely they were taken 2 blocks from a CVS.
A couple more for you.

[Birma]

Hi jb. I like #3 of the first set most - what a weird looking bird . Looks like it was designed by comittee

All very nice birds shots.

[jbtaylor]

Birma,
It's a spoonbill of some type and I hear that it's coloring reflects that it's mating season.
Everybody at the preserve was a buzz because of it's presence. He was the star for sure.

One last image.

[Greg Beetham]

I like those new ones as well, very high standard photos, some good Heron shots there.
Greg

[stevecim]

like them all, they all look so perfectly lite, is that they way they came out of the camera ?

[jbtaylor]

Thanks Greg and Steve.
My post production skills are incredibly weak.
I am limited to boosting recovery up to about 80 and clarity to about 40. Then I add a dash of vibrance and blacks. So does that qualify as right out of the camera? Probably not but I stick to working in camera raw (except for the occasional spot healing).

Last one. This is from the everglades. I like it because it seems more "in the wild".

[Dr. Harout]

Thanks for the shots JB.
I love bird shots.