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Ibis / Yawning and Stretching?
Greetings. This is the first Ibis I had ever seen. At first I thought, "What a dull brown bird." And then it raised those beautiful wings. I made this photograph at a small pond just outside the entrance of the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, about 100 miles east of Los Angeles. I think the crop is too tight at the top and bottom, but I ran out of space at the bottom. I do like that fortuitous matching of some of the colors of the water and in the bird's feathers.
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The details: 1DX, 500mm + 2X TC, 1/2000, f/8, ISO 1000. This is another example of a time when I had settings for BIF and didn't change them for still subjects. Hence the high ISO. I retouched the image in LR, changing various color luminance, and lightening shadows. Vignetting in Nik Color Efex. Limited use of the stamp tool in PS.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I would appreciate C & C.