White ibis
Mar 20, 2022 16:17:04 #
These pretty birds showed up this morning near a tee on the golf course behind our house. I quickly put my 80 - 400 mm on my D7100 and headed out the back door. I'm guessing I was about thirty yards from their location. At first I was hand holding and bracing myself on the corner of our building. I set the ISO around 400 to start, but since the sky was a little hazy, I thought the shutter speed was a little too slow for a sharp photo, so I bumped it up to a 1000. I did get some sharp photos, but they are very noisy. I also have a red line around a few of the birds, but not all of them. Your comments on this shot are appreciated. I did finally go get my tripod for a few shots before something spooked them. When they took flight, I barely had time to get camera turned and focused (still on the tripod) before were out of my line of sight. Got one usable shot.
Mar 20, 2022 16:20:15 #
Mar 20, 2022 16:41:13 #
Mar 20, 2022 17:15:38 #
Nice shots of the IBIS. The bright red heads really stand out from the white bird.
Mar 20, 2022 20:46:16 #
Mar 20, 2022 21:04:19 #
I don't think see any objectionable noise. And the jump jet take off is very nice! I like the set! Downloads are a bit noisy!
Mar 20, 2022 21:08:30 #
Mar 21, 2022 11:47:31 #
No need to apologize. The eye of the front Ibis drew my attention - sharp. Nice.
Mar 21, 2022 12:26:51 #
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Mar 22, 2022 01:45:00 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
RCJets wrote:
These pretty birds showed up this morning near a t... (show quote)
Nice set of ibis shots.
Mar 22, 2022 13:17:51 #
Mar 23, 2022 22:15:56 #
[quote=phlash46]Good work! Are these heavily cropped?[/quot
Slightly. I was only about 30 yards from them shooting at 400 mm, So it didn't take much. I just cropped out distracting elements in the photo.
Slightly. I was only about 30 yards from them shooting at 400 mm, So it didn't take much. I just cropped out distracting elements in the photo.
Mar 23, 2022 22:22:19 #
For what it's worth, one of our neighbors is really into birds and feeds a lot of them often. When she saw the shots her first remark was about their red heads. She said they turn red during their breeding season. I guess that's like telling the males that they are "ready" to mate.
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