into the darkness
As I waited for the sun to rise I found a flock of spoonbills at the shore line in Estero Bay, Florida, as it was starting to get light and the spoonbills were not happy that I was there and started to take off to a darker areas. best viewed large
canon 40D
canon 400mm
ISO 400
1/400 f/5.6

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David Hibberd
Looks like that wing is just clearing the water. Well taken Kathy
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much Davo, yes it was just clearing the water, I thought it would hit it
FelicityB
What a magical shot!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Lori Peters
Very nice, Kathy. I love the mood and title. x
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Lori, I also like the mood of this :)
Martina Fagan
wow wonderful
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks alot Tina
Troy W. Smith
Awesome shot, WOW!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much Troy
rasnidreamer
This is just too awesome for words Kathy! I love it!!!! XXSUEXX
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much Sue, I kept looking for that rooster.lol xxx
BigD
Fantastic
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks alot D
Steven Agius
Wow a great shot just in time as well.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Steve
valzart
Absolutely brilliant capture sweetheART ;} happy hippy hugglez
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much Val
rasnidreamer
Roosters be damned Kathy—-this shot is too good to even worry about them!LOL You truly out-did yourself here! I think this is my favorite of all!! XXSUEXX
kathy s gillen... replied
lol, thank you so much for your kind words Sue, one day I will get that rooster giving me a beat down for waking him up lol xxx
MClementReilly
Really Great capture. Great work.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Reilly
Kim McClain
Excellent! Nice capture and the feel of the work is awesome!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks alot Kim
Tainia Finlay
Very still & almost hypnotic Kathy! Well done
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Susan Kimball
Stunning capture Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much Susan
MayJ
Fabulous capture! That’s so very beautiful Kathy. :-)
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
HOWARD S. TAYLOR
Great shot!!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you Howard
annalisa56
Wonderful !!! Great shot Kathy !!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Virginia N. Fred
Wonderful work Kathy looks elegant, in the dark with the water rippling below, well done girl…
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks alot Gina, you should of gone with me . lol
toriyule
fantastic image, well done!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Tori
noffi
Great shot kathy…You caught the pink tint showing in the darkness just right. Great especially as you stopped the action with such low light!
Liz
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much Liz, I was worried about the action with such poor lighting, the sun hadn’t hit the horizen yet
Torfinn Johann...
Excellent work Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much Torfinn
Zefira
stunning
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Béla Török
Splendid work, dear Kathy!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much my Béla
athex
Beautiful image
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
biddumy
The pink of the bird against the blackness of the water is beautifully captured!!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Cee Neuner
WOW!! Great capture!!:D
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Cee
Rosalie Scanlon
Wow, beautiful capture Kathy, really brings out the pink on the bird.
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
IndraniGhose
Fantastic capture.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
redtree
Wow a great shot, timing and great artistry at it’s best.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
David Silsbury
Great composition Kathy, well done and congratulations on being featured.
David xx
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much David xx
suefel48
Wow!!...Fantastic capture, Kathy!!.... :-))
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Sue
NancyR
The lighting is perfect in this! With little else in the shot, it becomes almost abstract! Beautiful!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much Nancy
Anne-Marie Bok...
Great action shot Kathy with perfect lighting!
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
shadyuk
Wonderful and amazing Capture Kathy
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
Angel Gold
beautiful
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Shaun Whiteman
Beautiful processing and lighting Kathy, I lovely image!!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Tibby Steedly
Beautiful and haunting shot!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
David Haworth
Thats pretty cool Kathy
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Steve Chapple
Simply amazing Kathy, a truly beautiful gentle image of nature.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Steve
KatsEye
Stunning capture Kathy. I love it.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much
Gouzelka
This is super image, nice contrast of colours!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much
Dave Hartley
Excellent capture Kathy – nature at it’s best!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you very much Dave
John Linton
F A B U L O U S !
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you
Lisawv
Stunning shot. Great job Kathy.
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much Lisa
tamanna
Lovely
kathy s gillen... replied
thanks so much
Joanne Bradley
Excellent capture, it must have been an amazing feeling to sit there and observe these birds in the early morning light! Love the quiet darkness of this image and the wonderful reflections!
kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much, it was amazing, no humans there just me & these birds
Isa Rodriguez
♥

kathy s gillen... replied
thank you so much I am honored
Rosej 28 days ago
Magical capture.
kathy s gillen... replied 28 days ago
thank you very much
Cindirelli 26 days ago
I agree with Rose – very magical and awesome capture. The wings look like they are touching the water. Congratulations on your feature ~:)
kathy s gillen... replied 26 days ago
thank you so much, the wing was just about a inch from the water