American Avocets in Breeding Plumage - Feeding

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi All,

This image was made yesterday at Decker Lake, Utah. I was so happy to see American Avocets in Breeding Plumage. I initially noticed it in my birding trip and then went early morning the next. It was little difficult to get the right head angle with them feeding.

I tried to get a correct sun-angle as I could with the exception of not going inside the pond.

Let me know your comments.

Gear:-
Nikon D500, 500mm f/4 1.7xTCII
ISO 800, f/6.7, 1/800 sec
Manual Mode, Matrix Metering
No Flash

Post Processing:-
Cleaned up water to removed dirt
Leveling and Added a little canvas to the left of the image.
contrast mask on the part of eye and head
Noise Reduction and Sharpening

[William Dickson]

Lovely looking bird with beautiful colours. Nice pose on the bird, with a good reflection. I would try sharpening the bird a little more. I like how you left the little bug, with its own reflection.

Will

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you will.

I will try to increase the sharpness of the bird.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Reposting the image after adding contrast mark on the bird.