Sacred Ibis Fly-By #1

[Morkel Erasmus]

The sacred ibis is not the prettiest bird in Southern Africa. It is however, available for photography in large numbers and a difficult customer to expose with its black and white colours.

Taken at a local pond close to our home, where flocks of these birds come to roost every afternoon as the sun casts a golden glow on the pond.

Own critique - wish I had a sliver more space at the top.

Techs:
Canon 1000D with 100-400mm L IS USM
f5.6 @ 1/400 SS @ ISO-400
Exp +0.3

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Morkel, Love the bird. I find it sharp and well exposed and I see good details in the whites and blacks. The raised wing is nice. I also find the fanned tail pleasing. I agree with your own critique that it is a little tight at the top. If this were mine I would see how evening out the background (reducing/eliminating the barker area in the upper right) effected the presentation. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[Dave Blinder]

Great exposure Morkel, nice HA too.

Looks like a sharpening halo under the bird's head. Would like to see wings completely frozen too.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, sharpness, eye contact and BG and would love to see a bit more of the far wing.

[Harshad Barve]

Morkelbhai
Lovely pose and nice control on exposure , looks close cousine of Black headed Ibis that we have here
If mine , I may just some canvas on top
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks for the comments Harshad Bhai, Axel, Dave & Phil...

will have a look at the dark patch in BG and the sharpening

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely bhai, nice light, pose and details here..

[Betsie Storm]

Everything said, Morkel, well done with underwing detail & exposure.

[Morkel Erasmus]

thank you Kiran & Betsie...