WOW Mark... What a fabulous capture my friend... Fantastic bird and these lights are fantastic too... I love it a lot !!!

Delightful and wonderful capture, Mark. It is always a jou to see what you will post next as well as your delightful commentaries/narratives. Your observations are spot on and a joy to read. I wish you a great and fun-filled weekend.

Mike

the true meaning of "stark" fantastic shot !!! time traveler, walking into another dimension - instant fave.

A very beautiful capture with fabulous lighting. The bird looks very secretive as he searches for food in the shadows. It is so hard to keep up with all the comments and to concentrate on making new art too. ☺

Very cool shot, Mark! I think the bird is thinking "What idiot left this bottle here?"

Thanks for all your wonderful and insightful comments, buddy! I'm playing catch-up, too... Seems I'm always behind these days. Sooo much going on...

Just a bird seeking food, does not seem to mind your presence, Mark. Awesome TOD capture. That lighting and shadowing really sets the mood. Nice old pic capture.

A lovely shot. Looks so peaceful and love seeing the sky in the water.

did good shooting into the bright light ... have fun

Oh no, much more than just a bird. This looks like a Wood Stork which is endangered so your capture is quite lucky. With its head in shadow the eye is drawn to the sky and clouds and sun reflected in the water. The ripples and the sheen in the water compete with the reflected sky. Even the bottle can be seen as a commentary on our effects on nature. A really nice well constructed shot.

What I like most about this shot is the way the reflected sky occupies the space in the image that a sky would normal occupy - so that it sort of serves double duty as both sky & water. I guess the bottle could be seen as an environmental statement, but I prefer to think of it as containing a long distance message from someone marooned on a faraway tropical island...

outstanding detail considering the bird was in a dark area

Love it and the reflected sky in the water beautiful all round fabulous capture

Well, the comments traveled all the way down to wysiwig before anyone ventured a guess as to what species of bird that is. I'm glad I didn't have to guess what it was. And, what a snout on that waterfowl! It could easily poke holes into metal food containers for sustenance. That said, crackerjack contrasts, lighting, reflections, ripples, textures, and silhouetting in this old Florida foto, Mark. Surprising quality for a camera that was just one step above a Brownie.

Sad to see the damage to this poor creatures environment.

A brilliant composition! And Thankyou for your interesting comments!

Way more than just a bird--everything about this foto is gorgeous; you got so much here!!!

I am late with commenting so I get to ditto those previous comments about what a great shot this is.

WOW! Looks like the bird is walking in the sky. AHA! A sky walker :-) I just love this shot. The mood in it is so peaceful and I find the reflections of the sky stunning. And you took this shot with your old 2MP camera. WOW! I am impressed. I said you were born to take photos and I was right :)

Oh my this is so special with mood, light, details, as textures, Mark. That bottle, and the reflections of clouds, it makes one can watch this photo for ours, and it would also great to make a painting from that. So much inspiration that would stimulate many artist to do so! 😄

Very nice capture Mark. I like the reflections very much.

Lovely sky reflection in the water.The bird looks lonely.Fine capture, Mark.

Wonderful photo! I love the reflection of the sun.

WOW Wonderful shot and fascinating light !!

Beautiful picture, sin (for the bird and for all) the environment spoiled by waste!!

Fabulous capture Mark, with all the bitz 'n' pieces - (as mentioned by everyone above) it makes a fine composition... message in the bottle ? maybe not, but let's dream it is so ! Actually this bird reminds me very much of our Ibises... except the beak is not quite as straight, more rounded, I'd say. But then again I am no expert on birds, just guessing...

PS - a little correction on your comment at one of Mark (wysiwig's) uploads, those were not Mangoes but Avocadoes in the wheelbarrow, how do I know ? you may well ask !, because I do grow both of them in my garden - LOL - no worries or no panic now !

Lol---thank you, B! Shows you how bad I am at naming things that grow out of the ground! (Ie, flowers, trees, fruits.) I'm glad I at least got that they were plant-life. Living on the 27th floor of a highrise, I don't grow a lot of edibles, as you might imagine!

I like the different textures in the water. Smooth sky, ripples around the bird's legs, mottled around the grass and algae. Those differences give the image interest and movement, and make me feel like I'm right there. I remember when you took that trip to Florida with that little camera, and all the shots you sent back. What a fun experience it was to see your pictures hot off the press! :)

wonderful

Magic capture!

Great job>