{"id":15693,"date":"2014-08-23T06:28:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15693"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:28:13","slug":"a-white-ibis-and-the-relections-from-mangroves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/08\/23\/a-white-ibis-and-the-relections-from-mangroves\/","title":{"rendered":"White Ibis and the reflections from mangroves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhiteWhite Ibis with green mangrove reflections – Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/320, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve written before about how moving just a little can improve an image because of the light or the background and the same can be said about the subject moving just a little too. These two White Ibis<\/span><\/a> images were taken 19 frames apart and the color of the water changed dramatically as the ibis and I moved north towards and group of mangroves that hung out over the tidal lagoon. These were taken at Fort De Soto’s north beach in March of 2009.<\/p>\n

This frame shows the White Ibis foraging in water where the\u00a0dark green leaves of the mangrove were reflecting on the water and a touch of the blue sky overhead showed near the ibis’s legs.<\/p>\n

\"White<\/span><\/a>White Ibis feeding with dark mangrove reflections\u00a0– Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This frame shows the ibis with the dark roots and trunks\u00a0of the mangroves were reflecting on the water. Both images are appealing to me despite the very different color of the water and in just 19 frames and three minutes it can look like the subject and I were in a completely different location.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

These two White Ibis images were taken 19 frames apart and the color of the water changed dramatically as the ibis and I moved north<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,364],"tags":[4004,4021,4471,4083,4213,4040,4136,4258,4035,3980,4140,478,4032],"class_list":["post-15693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-white-ibises","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-bird-watching","tag-birding","tag-eudocimus-albus","tag-feeding","tag-foraging","tag-mangroves","tag-nature-photography","tag-pinellas-county","tag-tidal-lagoon","tag-white-ibis","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/white-ibis-feeding-mia-mcpherson-0198.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-457","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6288,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/06\/adult-and-immature-white-ibis\/","url_meta":{"origin":15693,"position":0},"title":"Adult and Immature White Ibis","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This is an adult White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) that I photographed at Fort De Soto's north beach that was feeding in a tidal lagoon by the mangroves","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult White Ibis in the dark waters of a lagoon, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-ibis-adult-mia-mcpherson-0224.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-ibis-adult-mia-mcpherson-0224.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-ibis-adult-mia-mcpherson-0224.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-ibis-adult-mia-mcpherson-0224.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14910,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/07\/a-white-ibis-in-dark-water\/","url_meta":{"origin":15693,"position":1},"title":"White Ibis In Dark Water","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"When I lived in Tampa, Florida the Whites Ibises were often called \"Lawn Chickens\" because they would feed in people's yards in big flocks.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"White Ibis in dark water, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-ibis-feeding-green-water-2-mia-mcpherson-0194.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-ibis-feeding-green-water-2-mia-mcpherson-0194.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-ibis-feeding-green-water-2-mia-mcpherson-0194.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-ibis-feeding-green-water-2-mia-mcpherson-0194.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":135190,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/10\/01\/my-first-white-faced-ibis-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":15693,"position":2},"title":"My First White-faced Ibis Photos From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm delighted to be able to share my first White-faced Ibis photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma taken yesterday. 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