Scarlet Ibis, at the zoo

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted January 21, 2015148 views6 comments

Plenty of natural light in the zoo's rainforest exhibit and the ibis were very active. This one took some time to groom itself allowing for a few photos.

Canon PS SX60
1/100 @ F-6.3 ISO 400 +.3 adj.
Canon 3.8-247 @ 98mm HH
spot metering.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on January 21, 2015 at 3:33 AM

I like close ups and this is nice John.. Just a pity about the upright branch in the back. No big deal.
John

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on January 21, 2015 at 4:07 AM

Very striking image John.
Even though the BG is a bit cluttered and not at all ideal the main subject is strong enough to dominate.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 21, 2015 at 8:06 AM

nice details and pose, John. I'd do a little noise reduction on the background and might consider taking a bit off the left for the composition.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 21, 2015 at 8:31 AM

Very appealing shot with a nice sense of mystery.

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I'm going to move this over to POP.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 21, 2015 at 12:46 PM

Great detail and colors!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on January 31, 2015 at 4:00 PM

Lovely light and color. I might be tempted to clone out the leaf that is touching her beak. The bird is beautiful, and you did a nice job, here.

--P

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