White-faced Ibis

[James Salywoda]

White-faced Ibis
SoCal


We were fighting the light a few days ago when trying to photograph these beautiful birds and sunlight is important in
getting the irredescense feathers to show their colors.

Nikon D300S AFS 600 F1.4 TC
1/400 F5.6 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Paul Randall]

Looks like you had just the right light to capture those bronze looking wings!!
Comp. seems spot on. I would maybe darken the beak and the legs but I don't know this species well and this may be an accurate portrayal of these features.

Cheers, Paul Randall

[Harshad Barve]

another fantastic image James
Lovely compo , expo , details and awesome colors
TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi Jim
Gorgeous colors mate! Absolutely gorgeous! I love the simple BG and the pose. Did I mention the colors? ;) Congrats my friend. :)

[Stu Bowie]

Hi James, this is one of the most colourful Ibis's I have seen. Exquisite light to bring out the colours, and overall, nice and sharp. The low angle works well, and lovely smooth BG too. Congrats on a fine image.

[denise ippolito]

Fantastic exposure and gorgeous lighting! Details, colors and BG all look great!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great job in capturing the colours on this guy's plumage, and they look great against the blues and golds of the BG! I wouldn't mind a bout 1/2 inch less canvas below and adding that amount back above.

[John Blumenkamp]

Hey James... this is gorgeous light and I really like your low angle. I might go for a small amount off the bottom too. Awesome work as usual.

[Morkel Erasmus]

the light came through for you! gorgeous colours and love the low angle. wish the head was turned slightly more towards you. :)

[David Fletcher]

Drop dead gorgeous Jim. Superb shot and the light was perfect to show this off. Well done.

[Elmar Venter]

This is beautiful. Everything comes together nicely - setting, colours, sharpness, pose, background.

[Nancy A Elwood]

James this is one of the best i have seen of this species!! That light is wonderful showing off the colors superbly! And yes the BG makes it OTT for me. Big congrants!!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Lovely low angle, colours especially the irredesence, and great sharpness. If anything I could go for a bit more of a headangle towards you also the adding some canvas on top could be worth looking into ;-)