{"id":157133,"date":"2024-04-14T05:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=157133"},"modified":"2024-04-14T05:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:49:49","slug":"white-faced-ibis-on-landing-approach-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/14\/white-faced-ibis-on-landing-approach-2\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis On Landing Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Canon R5 I’m getting significantly more grab shots of birds in flight than I used to. The R5 is the quirkiest camera I’ve ever owned so I cuss it often, but overall it’s been a good move for me. Just when I’m about ready to throw the damn thing in the drink, it saves my bacon. Sweet redemption.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Five days ago at Bear River MBR I was waiting for this Clark’s Grebe to do something interesting (it never happened) when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a White-faced Ibis that was close but flying mostly away from me. As I was about to look back at the grebe, the ibis made a quick turn and began flying in my direction.<\/p>\n

I suspected the ibis was about to land on the same pond the grebe was on so I made a snap decision to try for some grab shots of the ibis in flight. With my previous camera, the Canon 7D Mark II, I wouldn’t have even tried in this situation but with the R5 I knew I had a chance.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I got quite a few shots of the ibis on ‘his’ approach but with the phrags so close in the background behind him, many of them weren’t quite sharp enough. This one was one of the sharpest.<\/p>\n

I don’t get many ibis flight shots I like because they’re so dark I typically don’t get much detail in their plumage. And the higher the sun is in the sky, the worse results I get.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

But when this bird banked and turned just prior to landing on the pond it put morning sun on most of his ventral feathers and provided me with this shot that I like. I got several more similar to this one that were sharp enough but by then he was looking more to his right and away from me.<\/p>\n

Lots of folks who only see this species on their wintering grounds wonder where the “white-faced” part of their name comes from because when they’re not in breeding plumage their white face disappears. This bird, in breeding plumage, displays the namesake white face remarkably well.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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With the Canon R5 I’m getting significantly more grab shots of birds in flight than I used to. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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