White-faced Ibis

Posted by Cindy Marple on Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:16 pm

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White-faced Ibis
Gilbert, AZ
The first pair I've seen this year flew around while I was photographing Avocets this afternoon. They circled the pond but wouldn't cooperate and land anywhere close.
Canon 20D, 500mm f/4, 1.4x, tripod, 1/1600 f/8 iso400, about 50% of the original image

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by Vincent on Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:30 pm

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Very Nice!

Congrats.

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by Mike Wilson on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:07 am

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Wonderful light on this bird. Really well done Cindy. Wish it was mine. I might take some off the top and move the bird to the right to give it more room to fly into.

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by LHays on Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:10 am

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Cindy
As long as you can get good flight shots like this.....I wouldn't be that upset that they didn't land close. Get 'em next time. Excellent flight shot!!

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by mrhughj on Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:53 am

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Excellent flight shot, Cindy!!!!!!!!!!!! Would also like a little more room in the front.

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by dkhenke on Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:27 am

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Wish I could get good flight shots like this! Very Well done, Cindy. I like Mike's cropping suggestions.
Nonetheless, a very good image of the Ibis.

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by KK Hui on Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:18 am

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A beautiful flight shot, Cindy!
Would go with Mike's suggested crop ...

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by Fabs Forns on Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:43 am

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Lucky you!!!!!!! My pair is always on the ground

And I want them to fly over me.

Great shot. I would play with canvas and rotate a bit for a more dynamc comp. Bird is beautiful!!!

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by Penney Goodwin on Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:16 am

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So you had to settle for a flight shot, huh?

Gorgeous, Cindy!

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by Jim Neiger on Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:16 am

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Great shot, Cindy! The position of the wings and head are killer. I think it needs a little shadow highlight work and the crop Mike suggested. I re-posted an example.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:22 am

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Cool shot - I hope to get outthere in the next week for another crack at these guys. The shadow/highlight tool will extract much mnore information from the plumage.

Oops, didn't realize Jim had already done the same thing.

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by Len Maltese on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:37 am

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Well done Cindy. Wish I had one like this.

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by Terence P. Brashear on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:40 am

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I'll trade you a Henslow's Sparrow singing for one of these in flight

Excellent image.

Terry

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by Kim Steininger on Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:38 pm

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Really awesome shot Cindy and Jim's repost makes it even more so!!!

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by Cindy Marple on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:16 pm

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Wow the repost looks much better! Thanks so much Jim and EJ for the s/h suggestion.
There was no more room at the left of the frame in the original, all the cropping I did was from the right and bottom. The added canvas on the left is a huge improvement.

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by Dan Wolin on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:48 pm

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Never seen one of these guys. I agree with the crop suggestions and like the shadow work done below. A keep for sure.

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by Bruce Sherman on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:49 pm

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Cindy,
Ditto to what Mike Wilson said. Other than that I love this shot.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:55 pm

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Cindy,

Excellent flight shot. Love the wing position. Well done.

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by sbenus on Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:37 pm

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beautiful flight shot

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by Larry Kaufman on Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:04 pm

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Hi Cindy,

We have these guys en-mass in So Cal at the moment. None of my attempts come close to this. Very elegant and beautifully done. At least the circling provides lots of flight shot opportunities. Congrats!

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