Sacred Ibis Wingspread

Gallery: AvianPosted March 25, 2011173 views11 comments

We have a LOT of these birds at our local duck pond. They offer nice practice opportunities for BIF shots, especially as they love to use the air currents to twirl and dive towards their perches.

You can imagine from the plumage they are tricky to expose perfectly.

Techs:
Canon 7D with 100-400mm L IS USM @ 310mm
f7.1 | 1/4000 SS | ISO-1600
Exposure bias +1

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 25, 2011 at 2:48 PM

Interesting stork - looks similar to our wood storks.
You did a good job with exposing the whites of the bird. If possible, IMO, dampening the whites of the sky, and lightening the bird's head, would improve this nice image.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on March 25, 2011 at 3:55 PM

Very nice job with the whites and composition.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 25, 2011 at 5:05 PM

I like the comp and detail very much. I agree with Sandy's recommendations.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on March 25, 2011 at 5:19 PM

The great wing position and nailed exposure make the shot for me, super detail too. Top shot, Morkel.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 25, 2011 at 7:01 PM

Great flight shot with very nice detail.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 26, 2011 at 1:19 AM

Very cool image, Morkel! The spread out pose goes well with your choice of composition. There is enough detail in both the dark parts and whites without any over exposing. I too recommend toning down the light sky to bring out the ibis better.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 26, 2011 at 1:24 AM

Absolutely beautiful Morkel, I love the lighting on the subject and the details you've managed to capture in it's wings :^)

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Nicely done Morkel, I particularly like the clouds in the bg, good job with a tough exposure. The iso seems a little bit high with the shutter speed you had. A belated welcome to NPN avian.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 26, 2011 at 9:30 PM

Exposure is spot on and the detail in the wings and body is terrific.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 27, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Great wingspread and backlight

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 27, 2011 at 3:52 PM

thanks very much for the criqitues and the warm welcome folks.

Nate - the sun was setting fast and I might have jumped to a higher ISO 5 minutes prematurely

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