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BPN Member
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.
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.
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I enjoy seeing and photographing these in No Cal and you captured the colors nicely. The open bill adds to the capture but I think cloning out the OOF branch in its bill would help this feature even more, IMHO.
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love the Ibis! You have captured his colours beautifully. I agree that if you can clone out that branch, this would help make this a great shot!!
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Wonderful catch! I third the suggestion on the cloning, and it wold be easy to add canvas top and bottom and fill it in. Probably good you were set up for high SS -- wings can move pretty fast, and that body should have excellent IQ at ISO 1000.
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[Slaps forehead.]
It never occurred to me to extend the canvas. Thanks, Diane. As to the branch, I was on the fence. But the jury is in, and I agree. I am so grateful for this group.
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Very nice! Glad to have you participating here!
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Jim, the repost is a clear winner. Based on the ripple I could see just a tad of CCW rotation, and I mean just a tad.
The green at the top of the image is a huge bonus in my opinion.
