White Ibis

[David Gancarz]

Two white ibis from Shiloh Marsh Road, Merritt Island NWR. It was a cloudless sunrise along this very scenic drive -- one of the most beautiful I know of locally. The water level is up so the birds are somewhat dispersed. The usual suspects were present: Snowy Egrets, GBH, Roseate Spoonbills, Tricolor and Blue Herons, Lesser Yellowlegs, mosquitos, but you need a fairly long lens to capture them out on the flats (except the latter :D). Also, you need a pickup truck or similarly high clearance vehicle to navigate the rutted dike trail. If you visit MINWR, I highly recommend this drive.

C&C welcome, as always.

Camera Model Name : NIKON D300
Exposure Time : 1/1250
Lens: Nikkor 300mm f4 w/ TCE14 on tripod
F Number : 5.6
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 200
Create Date : 2010:04:03 069:22
Shutter Speed Value : 1/1250
Aperture Value : 5.6
Exposure Compensation : -2/3
Metering Mode : Multi-segment
Flash : No Flash
Focal Length : 420.0 mm

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely double captured! I wish the one in front had looked towards you more so as to get the face lit like the one in the back.

like the reflections, falling droplets and feel you could run more moise reduction in the BG
:)

[Katie Rupp]

Hi David, I agree with Morkel's assessment and add my thanks for the Merrit Island information you shared. Looks like someone caught a meal.

[Harold Davis]

agree with morkel and katie, would have been better to get the one bird isolated, but no luck here. looks like you handled the exposure well.

[Randy Stout]

David:

I think the techs have been well covered by Morkel. Good timing on the capture.
It is always an extra challenge with multiple birds in the frame. If we could just get them to coordinate.

Cheers

Randy