Avocets are back

[Trey Barron]

The American Avocets just arrived a within the last week or two. I got a few to pose for a few photos at a lake nearby this morning. Any suggestions welcome.
Canon 40d
500f4 + 1.4x
5.6 @ 1/500
within 30 minutes of sunrise

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looking good considering the light is coming from the right and illuminating the tail-end more than the front. Some of the whites are wee hot.

[John Cooper]

The Avocets are my favourite waders but I am yet to get my first image!!
Nice side-lighting (giving some modelling to the bird) , and good detail and composition. well done Trey!!!

[Trey Barron]

Thanks guys for the input. I will post one with a better light angle and a nicer BG later. I did not find it until after I had posted this one. This was my first image of them and I will be back again this weekend to give it another go. I thought that the whites were a little hot, but according to light room everything is good.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Trey,

The whites looks a little hot. With that said, you did well with the low angle, sharpens and DOF. The light coming from behind does not bother me one bit.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

While head and breast details are fantastic the white bars and the flanks gone hot.
Except this one I like this image.

Szimi

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

the soft light makes this photo very lovely!