Wood Stork

Gallery: AvianPosted January 24, 201192 views12 comments

Last February we were camping at Flamingo in the Everglades. Eco pond is always a good place to bind birds. This Wood Stork was feeding near the edge of the pond. It was very cooperative. All comments welcome.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/1500
Aperture f11
ISO 800
214mm
-1/2 exposure comp.
Cropped to 60% of original

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 24, 2011 at 10:04 PM

Nice exposure, detail, and sharpness on the bird. Nice DOF. It is often hard to make this species look good IMO, you did very well. The noise in the BG and FG makes me think you sharpened the entire image rather than just the bird. Although ISO 800 might be pushing it for the 30D, but I do not know that camera, so I can't say for sure.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 25, 2011 at 12:42 AM

Nice stork! I KNOW you posted this to make me feel worse about my missed stork (posted in the WC) Kidding, of course..

Good detail here , nice pose and habitat.
Sandy

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

Comment posted by Steve Canuel on January 25, 2011 at 1:08 AM

Agree with Ron on you making this species look good. Good detail in the eye. A little NR on the water would be nice. This one might work as a vertical too.

Registered on September 12, 2010, 53 Posts, 660 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 25, 2011 at 5:45 AM

Nice one Richard - the head almost pops out of the screen like a 3D movie. Great detail. I'd be tempted to do a little NR on the background.

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 25, 2011 at 9:01 AM

Well exposed and nice detail Richard, F/11 gave you great DOF too.
Like the reflection and slightly parted beak here.
Selective sharpening & bit of NR BG would help your presentation IMHO.
Great shot of this not so photogenic bird

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by richard remington on January 25, 2011 at 9:08 AM

Richard,

I love the reflection in the water. The body is a bit soft but these birds are tough to shoot due to the black and white feathers. Nice capture of a rare bird.

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

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 25, 2011 at 10:21 AM

Nice capture of a difficult subject Richard. You have nice detail on the head and I like the comp, nits noted.

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 25, 2011 at 2:37 PM

A very nice behavioral image here Richard. F11 certainly helped to get the whole bird sharp, however I'm wondering if at just 214mm F8 would have done the job and then you could have dropped your iso to 400 and reduced the amount of noise. As posted I would run some noise reduction on the bg. That said, it's a fine image.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Moore on January 25, 2011 at 7:38 PM

You did very well for a high ISO and a difficult subject. Nice comp,reflection and water movement.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 25, 2011 at 10:27 PM

Hi Richard