Formal Portrait

[David Chauvin]

White-faced Ibis,,,,,,my take on a formal portrait.

30D, 500f4, 1/1250, f4.5, cropped for composition (~70% of original frame)

David
Laplace, LA

[Harold Davis]

that's a beauty, david!!

[John Chardine]

Really, very nice. I love the colours of the bird and the crop is pleasing to my eye at least.

At the risk of suggesting that equipment has something to do with good photography, the more I see images like this, the more I realise I need the 500mm F4 IS!

[Jim Poor]

Wow! That's just about as close to perfect as I think I have seen. Beautiful.

[Fabs Forns]

Fabulous portrait!! Great pose and the feather detail rocks!

If it were mine, I'd take a sliver off the right for a stronger compo.

Big congratulations!

[Lance Warley]

It looks like a classic oil painting...stunning!

[David Hemmings]

Stunning details and colors, just a beautiful piece of work!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful specimen and well captured. I like the pose, composition and details.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

What an amazing bird and image :)
The superb details makes this image perfect for my eyes.
Szimi

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great colors and great details,congrats David!

[Steve Maxson]

Stunning photo. Are you sure this isn't a painting?? Can't add much more to what has already been said above.

[Glenn Bartley]

Just love the colors in this one. Great details too. Well done!

[Alfred Forns]

I like it all !!! Big time Congrats on this one !!! I like the head position, feather detail/color incredible, sweet light, sharp and got a great looking bird !!!!

[Robert D. Gregg]

Is perfect OK? :)

[Lana Hays]

David
This is splendid......the detail and colors are the best that I've ever seen with this species. It reminds me of a fine painting......and I sure wish it were mine. Well done.

[Bill Foxworthy]

Wow, what a beauty.

[Patrick Jeudy]

"Holly heart failure Batman" :-) That the cleanest I'ved ever seen of this bird.

[David Chauvin]

Thanks for all the nice comments, guys. This guy (or gal?) landed nearby for only a few moments before taking off again. It was a pleasant surprise when I opened it up on the computer to see that the plane of focus was good enough to get the whole bill. The very tip is out, but I'll take it for now. ;-)

Regards,,,,,David

[Arthur Morris]

As astounding as this is, I would love to see it desaturated a bit and with the contrast reduced a bit. I relly do love it as above. It is stunning. later and love, artie