American White Ibis

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at the north lagoon at Ft. Desoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida. When I look at this image a ballerina in tutu doing and pirouette comes to mind. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 500 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Really like the green water. The whites on the bird have nice detail. Would prefer the bird to be a little more to the left.

[Glenn Pure]

What a beauty Joe. I like your handling of the white plumage which has brought out excellent detail without looking drab. Great pop from the dark green water too. There seems to be some funny stuff going on with the colour on the white feather, with the neck looking slightly magenta and the rear wing blue. Probably just a result of the tail being in shadow? Did you grab a vertical of this one too? I think it could also work.

[Jim Wetherall]

Great details and comp Joseph! I'm with John, a slight move to the left would enhance the image. I'd also like to see a little more room above the Ibis' head if you've got it. Colours are fantastic!

[Joseph Przybyla]

What a beauty Joe. I like your handling of the white plumage which has brought out excellent detail without looking drab. Great pop from the dark green water too. There seems to be some funny stuff going on with the colour on the white feather, with the neck looking slightly magenta and the rear wing blue. Probably just a result of the tail being in shadow? Did you grab a vertical of this one too? I think it could also work.

Hi Glenn, thank you for viewing and commenting. Regarding the color in the white feathers, the magenta you see in the neck feathers I think is from the pink skin visible as the feathers separate, the blue on the rear wing is as you wrote from those feathers being in a shadow. Thanks again, Glenn.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joe, your intro sums this up very well. Good preening pose, good feather detail, and I see the same as Glenn, but you have explained the reason.

[William Dickson]

Well done Joe. I like the preening pose you captured and the greens in the BG show the whites real good.

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

I think the bird is just about perfect, I like the water too, just something going through my mind what would it look like if you made the water softer eg a faint surface blur or heavyish noise redction???

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.