Flamingo Fantasy by darylo

Flamingo Fantasy

Today, our two middle school bands played their performance pieces for a competition in Tampa Florida, and we finally got to go to Busch Gardens to enjoy a day of roller coasters, and animal habitats (honestly, it's just weird combining the two), but there were these glorious flamingos! This shot, if taken originally, was pretty "meh" but I worked with it in LR5 to make it feel mysterious, and magical. Part of my May Madness.

Oh, and our bands? First place in each of their divisions, and our Symphonic Band 1 won GRAND CHAMPION! That's my daughter's band. It was so fun to win and win big.

Another year as chaperone for this awesome band. Another year I am beat dead tired. So off to bed. This is a bucket list shot for me. I love these birds. So I'm mad in love. In May...
Just so stunning!And a HUGE congrats to the band!
May 4th, 2014  
A 'wow' shot Daryl. So soft and like looking into a ladies dressing room! Just wonderful and a fav!
May 4th, 2014  
Can't believe this was ever "meh" ... Great light. So elegant, with great lines and color.
May 4th, 2014  
Fantastic image.
May 4th, 2014  
Amazing feathery tangle! Lovely work with the light and birds!
May 4th, 2014  
This is awesome! The textures are just incredible and I like your choice of emphasis and framing.
May 4th, 2014  
oh holy COW!! I love this shot! Nothing short of perfect!!! FAV!
May 4th, 2014  
Everything that Taffy already said well. :)
May 4th, 2014  
The processing has worked so well, those feathers are the feature!
May 4th, 2014  
Wow, love this one! FAV
May 4th, 2014  
The editing works well very nice shot
May 4th, 2014  
Love this Daryl. Fav
May 4th, 2014  
Wow, stunning and awesome processing
May 4th, 2014  
How beautiful! fav!
May 4th, 2014  
Faved instantly! Stunning shot! Congratulations to your daughter's band and to you for surviving the trip!
May 4th, 2014  
Absolutely beautiful!
May 4th, 2014  
AMAZING, non-typical flamingo shot, Daryl! I'm wowed! And, congrats to your musicians!
May 4th, 2014  
Deb
Big congrats to the bands! And this is amazing. Very magical.
May 4th, 2014  
Fabuous subject to start with and processed to perfection! FAV
May 4th, 2014  
Well done for the processing and the capture. I find flamingos quite elusive.
May 4th, 2014  
This is georgous!
May 4th, 2014  
This is lovely.
May 4th, 2014  
Beautifulness
May 4th, 2014  
Absolutely gorgeous!
May 4th, 2014  
Very pretty! Love the colours with all that black around them.
May 4th, 2014  
Fav! Love the effect you have achieved. Madness for sure and i ♥ it!
May 4th, 2014  
awesome cameo shot
May 4th, 2014  
Gorgeous capture!! Fav!!
May 4th, 2014  
I'm sure you'll make the PP or the TT. Outstanding, even when you are exhausted! Traveling with the bad is so rewarding...and so much work! Congrats for the accomplishment. Glad you got to go to BG.
May 4th, 2014  
Wonderful. Love it.
May 4th, 2014  
So beautiful, I love the colour and artistic feel to this. A definite fav
May 4th, 2014  
This is such a clever composition and beautifully executed - Fav.
May 4th, 2014  
AMAZING!! Love the textures!
May 5th, 2014  
Fabulous photo! Congrats to your children. Following.
May 5th, 2014  
Beautiful!
May 5th, 2014  
Amazing! fav
May 5th, 2014  
Just so beutiful. Fav
May 5th, 2014  
How could I miss this super nice pic? FAVVVVVVV
May 5th, 2014  
Congrats to the band for their music and to you for this gorgeous photo -- the flamingos are stunning against the black background. Fav
May 6th, 2014  
I agree with everyone - this is stunning, super nice, beautiful, amazing, fabulous, artistic and wonderful! And more! -- And, congratulations to the band too!
May 6th, 2014  
Total gorgeousness!
May 6th, 2014  
Gorgeous image love this fav
May 6th, 2014  
Gorgeous end result, excellent processing :)
May 6th, 2014  
Daryl...this is so beautiful...your pic art has taken a huge leap....amazing! Love all that you are doing! fav!
May 6th, 2014  
@nanderson Thanks so much Nancy. I was so upset this day because I had to use a Canon Waterproof camera (my daughter's) to take this shot (it was raining at the amusement park). I do like this shot for what I was able to do, but I know that if I had had my "real" camera with the zoom, the image with the processing would have been a fav of mine. I don't think we have those flamingos here, but I may check out my local zoo to see if I can do it again somehow! Thanks so much for your comment. I feel so much more confident this year--you are very kind. :)
May 7th, 2014  
wow! amazing shot. love this
May 25th, 2014  
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