African Openbilled Stork

[Loukie Viljoen]

Habitat open water marshy areas, uncommon visitor in Summer months.
Exposure time: 1/400
F-stop: 8.0
ISO speed: 640
Focal length: 450.0000
Exposure mode: Auto
White balance: Manual
Aperture: 6.0000
Exposure bias: -0.3333
Metering mode: Pattern
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Camera model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II

[Fabs Forns]

Interesting bird I had never seen.

I cropped a little differently, for a stronger compo, pulled some detail out of the dark back areas and did a touch of Gaussian blur on it to mitigate the glare.

Keep them coming!

[Loukie Viljoen]

Thank you Fabs for the constructive advice, improvements appreciated, regards Loukie