Ibis

[Chris Kotze]

Canon 30 D lens 100-400 L

SS 1/1000 sec
f 7.1 ISO 400
Time 6:37

[Stephen Earle]

Lovely light and spread of wings Chris. I also like the spread tail.

[Aidan Briggs]

Just about perfect. Love the banking pose, head turn, and the rim of black feathers.

Well Done!

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice spread and exposure Chris! :)

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely banking pose with lots of detail in the plumage and great EXP both in blacks and whites, congratulations!

[Arthur Morris]

Incredible as noted above. Absolutely incredible. The only thing that I would recomend would be to tone down the electric blue sky a bit. Love the HA and the detail in the face.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I agree with Artie about the sky, but also that this one is just stunning! Congratulations!

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for all the comments and views it's much appreciated

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent exposure and detail on the underwings Chris, and I like the light in this too. Great capture.

[James Salywoda]

Excellent Vertical Pose! Sweet light and details....

[Krijn Trimbos]

Gorgeous! Lovely whites, lovely blacks, lovely pose and headturn! Excellent!!!

[Arthur Morris]

I was just thinking, this is pretty good considering it was made with a lens that--according to the internet experts--is not sharp and a camera--again according to the internet experts--that cannot focus. Man, you gotta love it.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the light, pose, angle of flight, turn of head & eye contact. Stunning capture Chris!

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for the comments it's much appreciated. Artie thanks. Yep sometimes the 100 to 400 even surprise me with it's quality and sharpness. We are quite a few members from SA using this lens and are happy with the results.

[Chris Kotze]

PS. I have tone down the blue sky and hope it looks better. I use the jpeg file to alter as the Tiff file is at the office.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for the comments it's much appreciated. Artie thanks. Yep sometimes the 100 to 400 even surprise me with it's quality and sharpness. We are quite a few members from SA using this lens and are happy with the results.

They must be either lucky or skilled.... :) :D :)

[Arthur Morris]

PS. I have tone down the blue sky and hope it looks better. I use the jpeg file to alter as the Tiff file is at the office.

You made the sky lighter and I like both versions. What I had in mind was desaturating the BLUE channel a bit.... :) Sorry that I was not more clear.