Ibis portrait

[Connie Mier]

Taken at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne Florida. The background is water, I darkened it to get rid of minor reflections. A little cropping as well. The bird, among several, was carrying this twig around, occasionally dropping it and picking it up again. Thought it was a sweet offering for a photo.
Sony a700, Minolta 300mm, 1.4XTC
1/1600, ISO200, f5.6.
Thank you for looking and any comments are appreciated.
Connie

[Ramon M. Casares]

Lovely pose and the twing is a nice plus, black BGs are not my favorite but it sure works well in this case, nice light, exppsure, colors and detail.
Congratulaitons!

[Brian Barcelos]

This is different, but I like it. The blue around the eye add to this and the sharpness are great. Comp wise I might cut some from the left and right. Congrats.

Brian

[Connie Mier]

Thanks Ramon and Brian. To me, the ibis is a fun subject for close ups, lots of head positions (Jimmy Durante-like, for those of you familiar with the comedian). Because of this quality, I see them as portrait subjects, something, I suppose you don't see much with these common (here in Florida) birds.
Connie

[Jay Gould]

I like it! And the way the bird is looking at you is very "Schnozzola"-like.

"Good night, Mrs. Calabash...wherever you are"

[Morkel Erasmus]

like this - looks like it was really modelling for you. love that blue eye! well done on the BG as well.

[Fabs Forns]

Perfect head angle and good behavior captured.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Spot on HA, great BG. WOrks perfectly with the Ibis. THanks for sharing. :)

[Ilija Dukovski]

This is lovely for such a difficult bird. The twig adds to the feel quite a bit.
I like the dark BG here gives nice contrast to the gentle color of the bird.

[Harshad Barve]

Great HA, BG and nice looks , Works for me
TFS
Harshad

[Mark Dumbleton]

Really like this! Super head angle and exposure. Love the twig in the beak! Well done!