Scruffy Dirty Ibis

[Stu Bowie]

This is the African Sacred Ibis. I managed to capture this guy as he landed. Next time, I will ask him to clean himself up a bit, to be more presentable for the site.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @235mm
1/1250
F/7.1
ISO 400

Exp Comp + 0.33
Hand Held.

[Randy Stout]

Hey Stuart:

He does look a bit rough. With that f stop I would have expected the entire bird to be in focus. Perhaps a bit of motion blur on the wings, although you were using a pretty fast shutter speed. Nice wing display.

Their head is so black, it is hard to see much of the eyes. I like your timing with the feet just going into the water.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

Perfect wing position Stuart. I'm not surprised that the wings are a little blurry. Even though the bird looks like it's standing up straight, it's pose probably makes it occupy a fair amount of depth. That and a little wing blur are the likely explanations for the wing tip blur.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the details and pose and might lighten the shadow of the bill.

[Dave Leroy]

Really nice feather detail Stuart. Perfect timing. Well done. Dave

[Arthur Morris]

Super sharp and wonderfully timed. Love the wing position and the just down feet!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great wing spread and landing Stuart. It reminds me of a balerina! Like the slightly blurred wingtips. Well done mate. :)

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you very much guys.

[Dave Barnes]

I like the pose and feather detail Stu. moment well captured.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack Dave.