Wood Stork at Dusk

[Fabs Forns]

One of the evenings at the Farm we had glorious clouds. The had been cloudy, which allowed for more time to photograph and at the last minute, after sunset, there was a clearing at the West, letting the color reflect on the clouds in the East. Steel eye partially concealed. Full frame.

Time: 7:01:55 PM
Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens (mm): 330 (100-400L) HH
ISO: 800
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/300
Flash ETTL 0 Ev plus BB

[John Haig]

Very cool Fabs...great technique with the background and flash (looks like a studio backdrop (or red velvet cake...) My first thought is it would look great with big yellow early '70's monster-movie type "Night of the Killer Wood Stork!!")

[Dave Leroy]

Wow! What an interesting looking colour. Good for you to capture it.
I really like the pose and nice sharp details.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice color of sky. Makes the picture special. Love the details in the black feathers. TFS.

[Kiran Poonacha]

lovely one Fabs, its like a 3D model, interesting sky colour and great details..

[paul leverington]

You are on a creative roll aren't you! Generally I don't get too excited about bird in the sky shots but this one certainly changes that thinking. I gotta ask something about the flash setting Fabs. I was wondering about using 0 comp for a white bird in ETTL and overexposure, but obviously that was not a problem here. But is that how you shoot these guys and other white birds?-at zero?

I remember shooting with Al one year like this at the farm but we never had this kind of sky! But great fun..

Paul

[arash_hazeghi]

what a beautiful BG and great pose too, a winner.

[Harold Davis]

you gotta be kidding! that sky is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

[Myer Bornstein]

What an incredible picture !!! enough said:D

[Arthur Morris]

Amazing plum-colored sky. Flash perfect, EXP right on with loverly underwing detail. Amazing sharpness at 1/300 sec. I only wish for a bit more detail in the head and face--always a challenge with this species.

[Harshad Barve]

spectacular BG makes this grand for me
TFS

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fabs this is so gorgeous! love that red sky and the under wing details. Would suggest to fix the steel eye.

[Todd Frost]

Outstanding image with amazing colors Fabs. Exposure and sharpness look great. As Artie mentioned, a little more form the face would be nice if you can pull it out. TFS
Todd

[Michael Pancier]

a fab photo. :D I can't get over that sky.

[Danny Laredo]

Stunning sky you got in this frame. Really helps set up the image.

[Markus Jais]

Awesome shot wing great wing pose and wonderful exposure and flash work. The BG is fantastic!

Markus