Ibis with Crawfish

Gallery: AvianPosted January 6, 201192 views17 comments

Sugar Land TX 12/26/2010

D3 ISO 200. 300/2.8 with 2x tc f5.6 1/2500s -1.0ev. About 50% FF.

A large flock of Ibises were fishing the shoreline of a creek about a mile from my house. Occasionally one would come up with one of these large crawfish. When they did they would take off running away from the water and several would follow trying to steal it.

The base of a tree trunk was cloned out from behind the bird.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 6, 2011 at 9:17 PM

Cool! Love the details in the whites of the Ibis, nicely done! Great job with the crawdad as well.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on January 6, 2011 at 9:18 PM

Wonderful capture, Angela. We can clearly see the crawfish and, I'm not sure, but it seems to me that we can even detect some concern in the eye of the bird about its prey escaping. Excellent exposure. Beautiful detail. Maybe a little bit crowded in the frame.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 6, 2011 at 9:26 PM

Sweet catch - nice exposure. These birds are always so hard to get with decent backgrounds that aren't mowed grass

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 6, 2011 at 10:01 PM

Wonderful detail Angela, especially the water droplets on the head and neck feathers. The pensive look is priceless.

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 6, 2011 at 10:39 PM

I love the bird's eye and the crawfish. Lovely exposure on the whites.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 6, 2011 at 10:49 PM

Nice lunch! Excellent catch - for both of you!

Nice handling of the whites and great eye and beak.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Randy Bacon on January 6, 2011 at 10:51 PM

Cool shot Angela, the Ibis looks like he has a sharp eye on those pinchers. I love the detail in this shot, especially on the large image and the eye color is sweet.

Registered on November 24, 2008, 56 Posts, 492 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on January 7, 2011 at 12:26 AM

Nicely done, Angela. You did very well exposing all of that white against a darkish bg, and that can be tough. I suspect that you had some soft overcast skies? The crawfish is sure a bonus! My only nit is that it feels a bit tight to me. I would open this up just a little. Perhaps a 60 or 65 percent crop, instead of a 50%. I have never seen one of these guys, I sure would like to. Thanks for posting.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 7, 2011 at 1:35 AM

The shadows are quite dark Angela, but the net effect is very pleasing regardless. Love the detail and color on the beak and eye. Good job!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 7, 2011 at 7:42 AM

Great image. Well exposed & sharp details. Great use of F/5.6 to isolate the bird in your frame also..
I especially like the LP clearly showing the crawfish pleading for its life

Well done Angela

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Comment posted by richard remington on January 7, 2011 at 9:23 AM

Angela,

This is beauty. I love the eyes of the Ibis and you managed to capture some great feather detail on a difficult bird. The crawfish is still alive and wiggling to escape.

Registered on March 12, 2010, 105 Posts, 368 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 7, 2011 at 10:05 AM

Greeat capture Anglea! The exposure looks awesome on this, the blue eyes pop off the page and the crawfish is a great bonus!

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on January 7, 2011 at 10:32 AM

Hi Angela,

Really like the details on the body of the Ibis as well as the separation between BG and bird.

Nicely done,

Carol

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on January 7, 2011 at 11:48 AM

Yours are always interesting and I like them a little dark so this is perfect for me!

Dan