White Ibis

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image last March at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. I have been going through my images sorting, key wording and adding titles and captions. This one struck my fancy, working on it again today.
Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/2500 F/8 -1 EV ISO 500
Post processed in Lightroom 5

[Ian Wilson]

I am glad you pulled this one out of the files Joe. Everything has come together beautifully. Well done. Regards, Ian.

[Karl Egressy]

The wing position is not the best but it is still a nice flight image, Joe.

[Shawn Zierman]

Pretty subject (and one that I've never been able to get good images of)... in good light quality. Details are pretty sharp where it counts. The sky is...meeeh, and the flight pose could be improved upon imo, with wings more up or down. Exposure looks hot on the back

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joseph, great view of the head and bill, love those reds, and the blue eye. I agree a better wing position would have been first prize, and maybe moving him down in the frame would work better - it would give him more room to fly up towards the ULC. :w3

[vishaljadhav]

Nice image, wings are nicely exposed
Eye looks nice

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good sharpness, you made the texture on the red face stand out nicely. I agree a better wing position would have made this a stronger image.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thank you all for viewing and commenting. Regarding the wing position, White Ibis have a flight pattern of flapping and gliding, flapping and gliding. This image show the ibis while gliding between flaps, I know not the conventional full upright or full downward position but I have other images showing that. Thanks again for viewing and commenting.