White Ibis with Prey

Gallery: AvianPosted May 29, 20163,610 views8 comments

This adult Ibis had just plucked the crayfish from a nearby canal. Nearly full frame.

Thanks for looking, comments & suggestions are always appreciated!
Large image provided for best detail.
Canon 70D
Canon 400mm 5.6
1/4000
f/8.0
Aperture Priority
ISO 800
HH
Processed RAW image with Lightroom 5.7, PS CS5

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 29, 2016 at 1:46 PM

Hey Steve,
The large version of this excellent image is very impressive,
Well done . . . devil

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 29, 2016 at 3:44 PM

Excellent detail and control of the whites. The red areas on the bird seem over saturated to me.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 29, 2016 at 6:37 PM

Nice comp and detail of the bird and meal, and exposure of the whites looks good. Tend to agree with Phil on saturation. Just wish the feet would have been more visible.

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on May 29, 2016 at 8:50 PM

I agree with Mike on this one. The large version looks amazing. I don't think it is oversaturated a large version.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 29, 2016 at 9:31 PM

Great to get this guy with prey Steve, I wish he wasn't moving slightly away from you but nothing you could have done about that. As presented I don't have any suggestions for improving this, nicely done on the exposure and comp. devil

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

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 30, 2016 at 2:51 PM

I love the pose and the neat diagonal it creates. It makes for a striking composition. The crayfish is a nice addition. My only nit is that I think you could go a touch brighter on the whites, though I don't have the histogram in front of me.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 30, 2016 at 6:50 PM

Wonderful to see this bird with such bright colors and with some "real" prey. Too often in Florida you see them bobbing their head in the dirt plucking bugs and that's it. I'm seeing something a bit off in the DOF - particularly the lower left-hand corner. There's quite a bit of blur, then one in focus fringe, then a blurred area - with some non-blurred spots near your watermark. Did you do some blurring in post-processing or perhaps some cloning?

As for other's remarking it being oversaturated - note that this is the breeding plumage of the white ibis - the non-breeding plumage is a subdued pink

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 31, 2016 at 2:22 PM

Luke - You are right about the image. There was some trash in that corner that I cloned out as well as a ridge in the ground there. I liked the shot well enough so I tried to fix it. Should've done better, I'll revisit that image. Thanks!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments