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Comments (18)

Amelia Royan on July 24, 2009

Wow Mary, it may be cocktail hour, but it's the beaks and eyes that grab you here. The beak of the bird on the left is translucent. The eyes show a bit of sadness ..... "If it's cocktail hour when are they going to bring out the nibbles?"

Lovely photo of these birds against this dark background :))

Greetings, Amelia

MaryKnapp on July 25, 2009

Thank you so much for your generous comments and close observation, Amelia. The translucent beak is exactly why I chose this one out of the many I took that evening.

There was a huge flock of them by the campus lake. They must have been visiting Sebastian the Ibis, our school mascot.

I hope you are having a lovely summer in Norway.

Greetings from Miami,

Mary

Picturepics on July 26, 2009

Hi mary! I hope they haven't got a fight, not looking at eachother......, no, really, a very fine picture! Greetings, Ed.

MaryKnapp on July 26, 2009

Thank you so much for visiting my gallery, Ed.

I don't think they could fight during such a beautiful sunset.

I appreciate your generous compliment.

Greetings,

Mary

Jörn KH on July 29, 2009

Fantastic lighting, the curved beak seem to have an inner glow. Regards, Jörn

Frank Knaap on September 5, 2009

What a great shot Mary, reminds me of earlier work from you. Those asking eyes.....fantastic.

Cheers - Frank - Glad you didn't have forgotten me!

MaryKnapp on September 5, 2009

How interesting that you noticed the expression on their eyes, Frank.

I'm slowly getting back into Pano and checking out my favorite galleries. I just took a peek into yours, and am looking forward to a retrospective of your work in 2009. Of course I didn't forget you!

Cheers!

Mary

MaryKnapp on September 5, 2009

Thank you very much Jörn. It was the glow from the setting sun, but they did seem to have their own light. That was what caught my eye in the first place.

Greetings from Miami,

Mary

Kyle Wolff on October 28, 2009

Friendly friends from Florida!

Nice capture Mary! I love birds! these ones are Ibisis I think?

Greetings from Georgia,

Kyle

MaryKnapp on October 28, 2009

Thanks for visiting, Kyle. These are ibis on the University of Miami campus. They are the wild cousins of our mascot Sebastian the Ibis.

They are so tame...this evening I walked through a flock and they didn't even move away from me.

Greetings from Miami,

Mary

Kyle Wolff on October 28, 2009

LOL

;)

Andreas Jendrichowsk… on December 26, 2009

Hello Mary,

Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

Best wishes, Andreas

MaryKnapp on December 27, 2009

My very best wishes to you, Andreas. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year.

Greeting from Miami, Mary

MioaraP on January 1, 2010

Good, very good!

MaryKnapp on January 2, 2010

Thank you for visiting, Maria. I'm glad you liked these two ibises.

Greetings from Miami,

Mary

little penguin on January 10, 2010

Interesting and really good shot, Mary! Best regards from Italy, Hermann.

MaryKnapp on January 10, 2010

Thank you for visiting, Hermann. These birds congregate by the lake every evening.

Greetings from Miami,

Mary

Liam Wolff on July 8, 2010

Nice White Ibises (Eudocimus albus).

~Liam~

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  • Uploaded on July 24, 2009
  • © All Rights Reserved
    by MaryKnapp
    • Camera: NIKON COOLPIX S550
    • Taken on 2009/01/05 17:11:00
    • Exposure: 0.008s (1/130)
    • Focal Length: 31.50mm
    • F/Stop: f/5.600
    • ISO Speed: ISO93
    • Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
    • No flash

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