{"id":89829,"date":"2020-09-26T05:24:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=89829"},"modified":"2020-09-26T05:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T11:24:16","slug":"white-faced-ibis-on-landing-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/26\/white-faced-ibis-on-landing-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"White-faced Ibis On Landing Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

A species I seldom post so I figured it’s about time.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I visited Farmington Bay WMA for the second time since they opened the gate for the season. I usually don’t spend much time there until it gets colder but several days earlier my first visit had been productive so I decided to give it another go. Birds were slower yesterday but I did manage to get a few interesting shots.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

White-faced Ibis and Snowy Egrets were feeding together at the 4-way pond so I spent some time with them despite the messy water. This ibis had a good light angle on ‘him’ during his landing approach so I attempted to follow him with my lens, with mixed results. This is probably my favorite shot of the series because his flared posture caught enough of the sun to light up much of his metallic bronze plumage.<\/p>\n

Even though at this point he’s very close to the water he’s still traveling at breakneck speed, much too fast to attempt a landing in the shallow water. Besides, his intended landing spot is still much further ahead.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

In the next photo in the burst he was really putting on the air brakes which quickly began to slow him down.<\/p>\n

Then I lost focus on him for four frames.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I reacquired focus when he was just about to stick the landing but after this shot I lost it again. That’s bird photography for you. I find it quite difficult to keep a bird in sharp focus and completely in frame when they’re flying at or near right angles to me, especially when the background’s this close to the bird..<\/p>\n

Sometimes my success rate is better than this and sometimes it’s worse.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A species I seldom post so I figured it’s about time.<\/p>\n

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