bird photography : white ibis

Finding a White Ibis out in open water that made for a good photograph was a special delight for John; all of his previous sightings of the birds had been amongst the weeds and brush at the edge of swampland, yielding unacceptably cluttered photos.

Equipment: Canon EOS 30D Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter Settings: f8; 1/1000 sec.; focal length at 420 mm; ISO 200 Date: February 9, 2007 11:06 am Location: Fort De Soto Park / Tierra Verde, FL Photography Notes: The clean white plumage of the ibis made for challenging photography in the bright mid-morning sun; preventing any blown highlights yet rendering a well-exposed background required underexposing the entire image and then processing it in Photoshop.