Ibis rising

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Taken late last year in Sydney Olympic Park.
I was fortunate to have the two Australian White Ibis fly in front of a late afternoon rising moon.
It's one image, not a composite. RAW attached below this shot.

5DMkIII
500/4L IS USM + 1.4x
Manual mode, ISO 1600
f/8, 1/2000th
hand held
cropped for composition

Note: wish both birds were flying on the same plane, but sadly one is out of the DOF

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Here is a capture of the ACR conversion window.

[Karl Egressy]

Great capture, Akos. The moon adds to it a lot.

[dankearl]

You needed one more bird in the frame I think, but this is a very nice birdscape effort...

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Akos, we all wait for that magic moment for something to fly in front of the moon, or sun, but here you have showed its not necessary. The Ibis's are well spaced out, and I like the sweet light cast on both of them. Have you tried to selectively sharpen the Ibis on the left.

[nick clayton]

The warm light is super and to capture them with the moon in frame is just great, nice image Akos.

[adrian dancy]

It would have been nice to have had a 3rd bird (just being greedy) ...the moon in shot is superb. There is a prominent sharpening artefact on the bill of the upper bird which can easily be corrected. Nice work Akos.

[William Dickson]

Yes, great capture Akos. Isn't it just great when you see something like this and you captured it very well. Great work.

Will

[John Hackney]

Beautiful shot. I am jealous as I have not had a opportunity to even capture a subject with the moon or sun in the frame. The uneven sharpness of the birds does seem to throw the shot off a little for me.

[Marina Scarr]

Perfect timing on this, although it would have been an even stronger image had the heads of your birds cleared the wings. I think I'd give it a tad more room esp on the left.

[arash_hazeghi]

i like the idea, especially with the moon in the BG but I think it would have been stronger with one bird against the moon and wings fully raised. the 2nd bird doesn't add much to the frame and it's OOF too

TFS