{"id":106272,"date":"2022-09-16T05:11:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T11:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=106272"},"modified":"2022-09-16T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T16:56:38","slug":"glowing-white-faced-ibis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/09\/16\/glowing-white-faced-ibis\/","title":{"rendered":"Glowing White-faced Ibis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis glowing in morning light \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I took a photos of a White-faced Ibis glowing in the morning light at Farmington Bay on Monday. This<\/em> is why I am out and photographing so early in the morning. A half an hour later and the light wouldn’t have lit up the feathers of this ibis and caused them to glow like burnished gold and copper.<\/p>\n

Why? Because the sun would have been higher in the sky and at a different angle.<\/p>\n

Since I was at the pond early enough I had perfect light on this foraging White-faced Ibis. Additionally, the position of the bird couldn’t have been better and I knew that as I took photo after photo of this ibis.<\/p>\n

I could see the feathers of the ibis glowing through my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

\"White-facedWhite-faced Ibis with its feathers aglow \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

White-faced Ibis can appear plainer, drabber, and darker in different lighting. Not this ibis. Its bright glimmering feathers mesmerized me as I photographed the bird foraging in the duckweed covered pond.<\/p>\n

In total, I took 80 images of this White-faced Ibis and all of them showed these glowing iridescent feathers until the last three photos. That was when the ibis turned its body to look more directly at me.<\/p>\n

It won’t be long before most of the White-faced Ibis<\/span><\/a> that have spent their breeding season here start to migrate to their wintering grounds. Not all of them leave. A few will spend the winter here in northern Utah in the marshes. I have seen this species every month of the year since I moved here in 2009.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my White-faced Ibis photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took a photos of a White-faced Ibis glowing in the morning light at Farmington Bay on Monday. 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