Adult White Ibis

Gallery: AvianPosted March 14, 2014117 views9 comments

I shot this my first afternoon at Ft Desoto two weeks ago. It was pretty breezy that day, but I got this in relatively calm shallows in the small inlet at the north end of North Beach. Full frame but cropped from left to 4x5 aspect from 4/3rds. Larger image included.

E-5 ZD300 F2.8 +EC-20 Wimberley I on GT2531, ISO 400 1/5000 f7.1 -1.0EV

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9 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 14, 2014 at 3:37 PM

Wonderful color contrast to this shot and nice job handling those difficult whites in bright light, way to go Bill.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on March 14, 2014 at 4:34 PM

Hello Bill

Sharp and clean capture.

Bill

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 14, 2014 at 10:44 PM

Nice capture. Being in the blue water adds a lot to this image. While the body whites aren't blown, they look pretty close on my monitor. I would try to extract a bit more detail from the body whites. Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on March 14, 2014 at 11:45 PM

Super job on the exposure on this guy. Love the head turn and the coloration particularly the blue eye contrasting with the pink beak and head. Super sharp. Nice job.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 15, 2014 at 8:09 AM

Great detail around the head Bill

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on March 15, 2014 at 12:49 PM

Nice pose on this bird and good detail in the white feathers. The bird really stands out against that nice blue water.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 15, 2014 at 3:33 PM

Very nice, Bill. The head turn is just a tad too far for my taste, and cost you some of the drama of the bill.

Good to see that E-5 and 300mm still cranking out razor0sharp photos...

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 15, 2014 at 4:15 PM

Great detail through the whites.