Juvie White Ibis

[gail bisson]

Canon 1DX
600mm
ISO 800 F 9.0 SS 1/1250
Taken at 6:10PM
FF but cropped from landscape orientation and cleaned up a bit of debris on the bill.
Usual PP in LR5 and then NR to BG,levels, and DE at 1% in CS5. USM to JPEG
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking plumage, excellent IQ, pose and background, Gail.
I consider the eye is the intended focal point.
For that reason I would move the bird to the left in the frame by about 8-10 mm. (1/3-2/3)

[Randy Stout]

Gail:

Excellent exposure, details, profile. Certainly fits the theme. The soft greens in the BG set the bird off well.

I see Karl's point, and might crop from the left just a sliver as well, but it is close, and I find it appealing as presented.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, love the soft light, which in turn has brought out the whites so well. Love the blue eye, 'peach' coloured bill ( is that a colour ) and you even achieved a slight head turn. Killer smooth BG. I would maybe remove the lower smaller catchlight.

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful portrait Gail, awesome exposure, lovely detail and brilliant blue eye, thanks for sharing. (I would be tempted to take a tiny bit off the right to get rid of the small shadow on its lower leg).

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

For me a vertical 3x2 crop would be better. Perhaps I am just too conditioned to that way of thinking, but I have a thing "against" square crops, or not more rectangular crops. Maybe I need to ease up. I'd be tempted to crop in front of the leg in the 3x2 version.

I just love the detail and the colours that work really nicely with the BG.
It is a very special shot in my opinion.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice portrait, I like the comp you chose and the details. I wish the sun was right behind you but the light angle isn't bad as is. TFS

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely image, Gail. Lovely colours and smooth BG. Another vote for cropping a bit off the left.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I echo the previous comments. Lovely image, Gail. Thank you for sharing.

[gail bisson]

Thank you all for your comments. Here is my repost with a bit off the LHS as you all requested.

[adrian dancy]

The bird is well lit and the sun angle has helped give the bird form and detail where otherwise some might be lost. The image overall is flawless IMHO. Nice work and well done:)

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait ,Gail.
Love the colours of beak and eye. Superb details, beautiful BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Gail! The repost works for me. Great IQ, details, clarity and BG.