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Red Red Wine
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Copyright: Japie Venter (japie) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-10-22
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron 28-300XR, Digital ISO 200, Skylight
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/200 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): 40 points or more - 40 puntos o más, Ibis (family Threskiornithidae), 5 favs. and up - PART 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-11-02 9:36
Viewed: 6721
Favorites: 6 [view]
Points: 48
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I captured this Glossy Ibis in the World of birds outside Houtbay and I absolutely love the colors on this one. As you can see from my previous posts, portraits, better known as mug-shots are close to my heart and this one is no different.

One of the reasons for liking portraits is that it adds emotion to the subject as the eye is clearly visible and as we know, the eye is the window to what is inside a person. Take the eye of a buffalo, lion or owl and compare it to that of the Red-Eyed dove – the emotion captured is totally different.

Enough of being philosophical, here is more info on the Glossy Ibis (Roberts ID - 93)

A small, slender ibis with a long curved bill. Size 55-65 cm - larger (longer) than a Guineafowl, but this is a slender bird with a very long bill. Afrikaans: Glansibis

Adult Glossy Ibises have the head, neck, back and underparts a rich chestnut-brown. The wings are blackish with a metallic green sheen on the 'shoulders'. There is white stripe from the base of the bill to above the eye. Immature birds are drabber, more sooty-brown, than adults -with greyish streaking on the head and neck.

The bill, legs and feet are greenish-brown. The Glossy Ibis is a more slender, longer-billed bird than the Hadeda Ibis. That bill of that bird also is more tapered, with a broader base.

The Glossy Ibis is a bird of wetlands, marshes, muddy lake-shores and flooded grassland. It usually occurs in small flocks but can gather in larger groups where food is abundant. It does not visit gardens and parks like the Hadedah.

Glossy Ibises have benefited from human activities and around Gauteng have increased dramatically in numbers thanks to the man-made marshes and vleis in the area

Glossy Ibis eat insects, crustaceans, worms, molluscs, fish, frogs and small reptiles.

Breeding occurs during the summer months. The nest is a compact platform of twigs or reeds, situated in a tree, bush or reedbed. It is a colonial nester, often nesting together in mixed heronries with other species.

It is found on the Atlantic coast of North America and the West Indies. Also South Europe, Africa, Madagascar, Central and South Asia, the Philippines and then south through Indonesia to Australia.


The camera settings:

Program Setting: Aperture Priority
Focal Length: 300mm
F Stop: F/10
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec
ISO: 200
Tripod: No
Flash: Diffused Off Camera TTL
Reflective Panel: No
Cable release: No
PDP, marhowie, Crypton, ellis49, RAP, JeanMichel, willie, Luc, AndyB, gerhardt, paco, Signal-Womb, deud, red45, Callie, chiliu has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2004-11-02 9:45]

Japie this is just perfect, the composition is really very good. I can't fault it anywhere. Well done. I've really enjoyed looking at his one.

Japie, Superb sharpness & detail from head to "tip" ;-) Like the way the beak has fit your frame - convienent! This birds feathers have a sheen that you've picked-up well also. The eye - a "window" to the soul!! A great one!

haha, j'adore le titre que tu a donné a la photo ;)
l'oiseau est magnifique, son plumage bordeau au reflet violet est vraiment etrange.
la note est tres instructive.
merci.

Great Japie
Everything is right in this picture.
Excellent.
Great note too.
Very well done.

  • Great 
  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2004-11-02 10:52]

Impresionante pico de esta simpática ave Japie.
Excelente agudeza y detalles junto con un gran colorido, dentro de un atinado encuadre con perfecto DOF.
Gran nota con cantidad de datos sobre la especie.

Impressive peak of this likeable bird Japie.
Excellent sharpness and details along with great a colorful one, within an accurate frame with perfect DOF.
Great note with amount of data on the species.

Perfect!!!!!

I don't know what else to say!

Perfect!!

Perfect picture everything is sharp.
I see the red red but where is the wine?
Very good shot

Cool shot. Very nice portrait with perfect BG.

I agree with you 100% about eyes, Japie. This is a wonderful portrait, a perfect framing and beautiful colors. Fill-in flash doing a very job here to enhance all details. Texture is exceptional. Presence is really there...this image jumps out of my screen. What a great shot of a beautiful bird!

  • Great 
  • willie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1023 W: 61 N: 648] (2083)
  • [2004-11-02 11:52]

Good information and a wonderful capture.
You guys amaze me with these shots
Keep it up

  • Great 
  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1366 W: 32 N: 1351] (3982)
  • [2004-11-02 14:22]

A very impressive portrait shot.
Excellent detail and colours,you can almost touch it.
A great shot and one of your best.
Well done!

Picture perfect! 'Nuff said.

  • Great 
  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1835 W: 301 N: 4287] (14767)
  • [2004-11-02 15:01]

Another great presentation from you. I hope people appretiate the lot of work needed for such posts. That indicates a great passion and a concern of the perfection which is not given to everyone. TFS Japie.

  • Great 
  • paco Silver Star Critiquer [C: 38 W: 2 N: 30] (160)
  • [2004-11-02 15:33]

A very nice close-up portrait here.
Nice colors, Sharpness and lot's of details.
A great shot you did, i like this composition which one reveal all about this long curved nozzle. Well done!

What a wonderful picture. I love the way the long bill draws the eye up from the bottom left to the top of the head and down the neck and up towards the back, like a zig-zag shape right across the frame. The background is a great neutral colour to show off the wonderful wine red colour of the bird's feathers. The idea of a portrait is great as it really "shows off" this fine bird.

  • Great 
  • Bac Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 93 W: 3 N: 33] (486)
  • [2004-11-02 17:12]

The details of his head is perfect

Very very nice Japie. Your posts are just getting better and better how long can you keep this high standard up?? Excellent.

This is excellent Japie!
Very good portrait, with nice details and lights.

  • Great 
  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 438 W: 11 N: 534] (2540)
  • [2004-11-03 4:17]

Thanks for joy of looking at this excellent picture!

  • Great 
  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2636 W: 74 N: 9091] (31094)
  • [2004-11-03 5:43]

I agree, colours are great, same as composition. Perfect sharpness and we've got perfect picture here.

  • Great 
  • Callie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1101 W: 95 N: 2610] (7555)
  • [2004-11-04 14:08]

Excellent! I am torn between your last lot of posts, the b'fly is superbe, this one is great, all very nice. Wish I had time to really look at them. And now you have arrived. No more question for me, you have mastered the trade! Mooi gedoen. Sien ek jou nog?

  • Great 
  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2150 W: 319 N: 4263] (16942)
  • [2004-12-05 16:04]

Japie, this picture is just astonishing. Amazing shot of a very beautiful bird.

Congratulations.

Lívio

bravo, I didn`t see something like this.

What a beautiful ibis,very good shot.TFS!

Helo Japie.

Excellent image, very good details and colors.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

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