White-faced Ibis

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Description

I always try for shots of these very cool birds showing off their mighty fine iridescent feathers when I see them down at the wildlife refuge.

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Cropping?

Technical Details

D500, Nikon 200-500 lens, 1/4000th, f 7.1, hand held, 495mm, ISO 1600, cropped to 2100 x 1571

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Nice job, Dave. You really caught the iridescence on this one. The crop works fine for me. The blue reflections on the water look a bit intense to my eye, but I know you have less moisture in the air than we do.

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Hi Dave
Great job on this photograph. It is hard to get all the colors to show up in a photograph. Also nice low angle and reflection.
Peter

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Dave, great processing to catch and bring out the marvelous iridescence on these guys.
The bright eye, BG reeds, and reflection add a lot. The blues, from here, seem a bit bright and compete with the great bird.