Sacred Ibis at Cape Town
One of my absolute favourite birds, the Sacred Ibis is graceful and elegant, with huge white translucent wings. I am fortunate that they nest in quite large quantities near our house in Cape Town, so I dash on over there whenever I have a free moment. although they are big they are not slow and they are probably the most frustrating bird I’ve ever tried to photograph. You absolutely cannot get closer than about 30 to 50 m from them before they fly away again. So you need a very long lens and a great deal of patience. I have purchased the first and I am working on the second.
Photographs in this album include: Sacred Ibis in flight at Kommetjie, Cape Town, shot with the Nikon D850 and Olympus E-M1 Mark II at long focal lengths.
For camera settings, techniques and equipment used in shoots like this, see the Technique posts on mcaughtry.photo.