Ibis "cloud" birdscape

[Dan Brown]

Captured this morning at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo co, CA. Cropped a tiny bit for rotation. PP'ed in ACR and CS3, sharpened with IntellisharpenII, noise reduction with Noise Ninja. C&C welcome.


Camera Model: NIKON D300, handheld
Shutter speed: 1/1500 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 1600
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal length: 80mm
Focal length: 120mm (in 35mm film)
VR Image Stabilization: On
AF mode: AF-C

[Harshad Barve]

I love such images , nice sky and bird pattern
TFS

[Leo Berzins]

I like the overall composition and the color and texture of the sky, Dan, but I do wish the birds were flying towards the viewer rather than away.

[Kiran Poonacha]

A wider frames showing the birds land sure would have finished the story. loved the setting here.. congrats..

[Arthur Morris]

Love the two birds in the upper left but other than that this one does not excite me though I am not sure why... I guess I was hoping for a more pleasing pattern....