White Ibis Catches a Frog

[Ely Teehankee]

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 25 inches (64cm). These 8 frames were taken in a 2 second intermittent burst. It shows how good the bird is in capturing a live frog and not letting it go to be able to eat it. It was on my second return after 30 minutes to the river that I chanced upon this bird hunting on the shallow portion of the river bed. All pictures were taken at a distance of 25.5 meters at 1/320 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600.




Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 300mm
f/2.8L IS USM with Canon Extender 2X II.
Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, Wimberley WH200 head. Manual exposure in available light.

[Juan Manuel C. Del Prado]

Great photos, Ely.

[Ely Teehankee]

Aug 27, 2012 0:23:08 GMT Juan Manuel C. Del Prado said:

Great photos, Ely.

Thank you Poch. It is not that I don't like these photos but I always think that there is room for improvement. I guess this is what strives me to go for something better all the time. As they say practice make perfect but I think in bird photography there could always be something better. The pose, the perch, the background, the lighting, the circumstances, the environment, the weather, the kind of bird, the color, the condition of the feathers, etc. But I am always happy whenever I am able to photograph a bird and always thanking God for all His beautiful creatures giving me the time and opportunity to see them.

[Ramon Quisumbing]

Well done, Ely!

[Ely Teehankee]

Sept 3, 2012 22:53:11 GMT Ramon Quisumbing said:

Well done, Ely!

Thank you Ramon. I guess the birds know which are the edible frogs and which are not. The Crows of Wack Wack even eat the poisonous bull frogs of Wack Wack but they are selective on the parts that they eat. They probably avoid the poisonous parts. The life of a bird is difficult, people should not harm them.

[Burr Patterson, Jr.]

I feel sorry for the Frog!

Nice Ely, thanks

[Ely Teehankee]

Sept 4, 2012 11:21:54 GMT Burr Patterson, Jr. said:

I feel sorry for the Frog!

Nice Ely, thanks

Thank you Burr. I can understand how you feel. But this is how our world exist and it is part of the food chain.