Sacred Ibis

[Morkel Erasmus]

Yet another image of this bird...the BG is as shot - thunderclouds threatening in the East with the sun setting in the West, casting the bird in glorious late afternoon light.

All comments and crits welcome...

Techs:
Canon 7D with 100-400mm L IS USM @ 340mm
f5.6 @ 1/4000 SS @ ISO-1250

[Bill Dix]

Great light, open bill and wings up. Nice capture.

[Ken Watkins]

Morlel,

This is much, much better than your earlier post of the same breed, the light was clearly more in in your favour here. The neck and head stand out really well and the black has detail.:cheers::cheers:

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Mork, I actually enjoy these guys. When exposed correctly as in this, they always produce the goods. Well exposed on both the blacks and whites, and like the swept back wings.

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks for the kind comments Stu, Ken & Bill...:p

[Pieter de Waal]

Nice one Morkel, exposure spot on with this difficult black and white bird, good detail on the head which is usually the killer. Just love the dangling feet.