White Ibis

[Bob Pelkey]

White Ibis at San Carlos Bay: Bunche Beach Preserve
Fort Myers Beach, Florida USA

There was a little scuffle between two White Ibis as a Snowy Egret gave them some space.



Canon EOS 5D Mark II ,Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM
1/2500s f/5.6 at 840.0mm iso400

Tripod, cropped, sharpened, reduced contrast 4%, lightened bird's face 25% with two passes, lightened iris 25% on one pass.

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	09-Jul-2010 18:228
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	840 mm
Exposure Time	1/2500 sec
Aperture	f/5.6
ISO Equivalent	400
Exposure Bias	-2/3
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

[Eric Diller]

what an expression on the birds face. Nice exposure on the whites!

[Fabs Forns]

I love the expression on the Ibis' face and the EXP control. The Snowy is more of a distracting to me than a compositional element. Nice clean background, shame it intersects the Ibis' face.
Thanks for sharing this one!

[Danny J Brown]

This is a wild, beautiful, compelling image and minus the snowy it would be over the top.

DB

[Michael Hogan]

Bob, I agree with Fabs and Danny. Firstly I find the Egret a bit distracting but without it the expression of the Egret might not make sense. Would be nice to see the image minus the Egret. Everything else is great - sharpness BG, water drops, expression, lighting.

TFS

Michael

[Hendri Venter]

Would also like to see it without the Snowy. The pose is priceless thought and makes this a special image.