White Ibis...

[Dan O'Leary]

Stopped by Gatorland again this evening for some quality time with my new lens.

2008:05:29 19:27:29
1dm3 @ 400mm
Manually set at 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose and wing position. I might lighten the dark area underneath the wing.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Dan,

Lovely pose and wings. I would make the sky a little darker as the bird is blending too much with it! Congrats about your new lens!

[carole wiley]

Great job capturing the "look". I am very jealous of you people who can just "stop by" some place to see birds like this.

[Robert Amoruso]

Dan,

I would try darkening up the face some, it looks to light to me. Or perhaps Maxis' suggestion would be better. Plus a bit of red saturation.

[David Hemmings]

Lovely look and pose, I agree about the jealous comment!

[Blake Shadle]

Love the bit of top-side action here, Dan. Very sharp and well composed.

[Freddy Franzella]

Beautifully captured! love the eye contact!

[Dan O'Leary]

Updated to address the comments above - darkened sky, lightened under the wing, increased red sat. I also bumped the yellow sat just a tad to better match the actual conditions.

Thanks to all of you for the kind feedback. I believe this version is a definite improvement.