Glossy Ibis

Gallery: AvianPosted November 24, 2010314 views22 comments

Made a quick trip to Florida to visit my dad for his 90th birthday, and happened to run into Fabs and Al Forns and a couple other NPN'ers at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands near Del Rey Beach. Small world..

Perfect sunset light and a good banking angle combined to show the beautiful multi-color sheen of this glossy ibis. This species has been one of my nemeses - I have lots of shots of them, but not very good colors/sheen before.

D300s
500mm
Subject dist: 25m
1/2500 sec, f/4
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 500
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
Hand-held as for all flight shots

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 24, 2010 at 10:28 AM

Great Image. The colors are great and the focus is right on. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 24, 2010 at 11:02 AM

Lovely flight pose Sandy, love the top view of the wings and the comp you used.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 24, 2010 at 11:03 AM

Good work on this. The light definitely brings out the subtle colors.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 24, 2010 at 11:34 AM

Perfect bank angle to get those wonderful colors Sandy. A shot like this of the species still eludes me.

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on November 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM

Excellent flight shot, you really stopped the motion of this beautiful bird. The colors are wonderful. Well done.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 24, 2010 at 12:02 PM

Those colors are phenomonal... really great flight shot. I never get to see them in flight...

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on November 24, 2010 at 12:26 PM

Sandy, As an old Army Aviator I love flight shots. This one is special. Also I like that you included the distance of the subject. This helps me set expectations for my captures. Question, how much of a crop is this comp?

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM

A great flight shot, the sunlight has certainly brought out the colours in the wings

Well done.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 24, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Nice bank shot Sandy. Super colors. Maybe a bit off the top?

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Comment posted by Sally King on November 24, 2010 at 2:06 PM

Beautiful flight shot. Love those colors in the bird. I agree with Ron about taking just a bit off the top.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on November 24, 2010 at 2:25 PM

Very nicely done, Sandy. Great iridescent colours.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on November 24, 2010 at 5:20 PM

Gotta love those colors! Nice one, Sandy!

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on November 24, 2010 at 5:36 PM

Wow, what wonderful colours here Sandy. I like this image very much. Well done!!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM

AWESOME Sandy

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 24, 2010 at 9:01 PM

What a great image of this iridescent beauty. Congrats to your dad on his 90th.

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Comment posted by Kirk Greene on November 24, 2010 at 9:22 PM

You really caught this at the perfect moment to show off all those beautiful colors. I would play with taking a bit off the top as well but I also admit doing so would be a very minor improvement to this impressive image. Congrats!!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 24, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Awesome colors, Sandy.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on November 24, 2010 at 10:47 PM

Terrific top view! Well done!

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Comment posted by Ian Mason on November 25, 2010 at 10:27 AM

Superb!

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on November 25, 2010 at 8:52 PM

Those colors are outstanding!