White Ibis and a side order of Bokeh

[jeffclow]

I was pleased with the bokeh that the Nikkor 70-300mm VR ll produced when coupled with the Nikon D7000 on this shot of a white ibis at the UTSW rookery near downtown Dallas.

C & C always welcome and appreciated.


A White Ibis at the Rookery by Jeff Clow, on Flickr

[houtex01]

Very nice job on this one Jeff...

Ron

[jeffclow]

Thank you, Ron - appreciate the kind words.

[rjsalinas]

beautiful shot and bokeh

[jeffclow]

Originally Posted by rjsalinas

beautiful shot and bokeh

Thanks, Robert - the light was excellent at the rookery yesterday and I was very pleased to be able to spot and photograph an ibis. There are hundreds of egrets present, but the ibis was elusive this week.

[jfoureyes]

Very nice DOF Jeff and your right about the bokeh! I've got the old AF 75-300/4.5-5.6 and it does pretty good too...it's my bird shootin' lens out at BBSP, well when I shoot birds.

[kmeronek]

Very nice shot Jeff. I'm going to have to make a trip to Dallas and visit the rookery this week. Thanks for sharing.

[jeffclow]

Originally Posted by kmeronek

Very nice shot Jeff. I'm going to have to make a trip to Dallas and visit the rookery this week. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Ken - and this weekend would be a good one to visit since the egret chicks are still in the nests but are growing up fast. The catttle egrets are on their nests but don't have chicks yet.

[dtran]

Very nice bokeh indeed!

[lhdvies]

Nice shot Jeff!! That lens is underrated in my opinion. Since I'm not really a pro shooter, my 70-300 vr was good enough for me to sell my 70-200/2.8 VR.

[jeffclow]

Originally Posted by lhdvies

Nice shot Jeff!! That lens is underrated in my opinion. Since I'm not really a pro shooter, my 70-300 vr was good enough for me to sell my 70-200/2.8 VR.

Thanks, Leon....and I concur with your assessment. What made it really good at the rookery is its light weight since I was shooting upwards 95% of the time.

I'm keeping my 70-200mm f/2.8 but I'm very pleased with the image quality that the 70-300 produces.

[David Alaniz]

Good job with this white Ibis and smoothing the background.

[DigitalScape]

Nice work with the exposure on this image, Jeff - looks like a tough one to get right.

[preames]

Very nice work in some tough light, Jeff.

[jeffclow]

Originally Posted by DigitalScape

Nice work with the exposure on this image, Jeff - looks like a tough one to get right.

Thanks much - I appreciate the kind words.