Ibis With Mud and Prey

[BillTyler]

This ibis was unafraid of the mud. He'd stick the entire length of his beak into the soft ooze searching for food. I don't know exactly what kind of worm it is holding. Palo Alto Baylands, low tide.

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f/4 with 1.4x extender
1/500 f/8 ISO 400

[arash_hazeghi]

Hey Bill, I saw this guy too, there are two of them around. not sure where they came from, sure fun to follow and photograph. Image wise nice work, wish for more head turn towards you. would also pop the contrast and sharpen a bit more. would also be nicer if both feet are firm in the ground as there is lots of mud ;)

TFS

[Lance Peters]

Hi Bill - agree with Arash's comments - some more sharpening certainly, HA doesnt really bother me as the bird is going about its behavior and the eye is sharp and clear.
Very muddy beak :) ;)

[BillTyler]

Thanks for the comments. I've added some sharpening, and bumped the clarity slider in LR a bit as well. After that, the file was just a little too big to post, so I reduced the pixel size slightly.

Bill

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks for the comments. I've added some sharpening, and bumped the clarity slider in LR a bit as well. After that, the file was just a little too big to post, so I reduced the pixel size slightly.

Bill

If you have Photoshop use "Save for web" it uses better compression so you can post 1024 pixel size.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Bill,
Great job with the repost - it definitely has more pop :)
Lots to like here - the soft colours are very nice.
Best,
Nicki

[Bob Miller]

The repost looks good!