American Avocet in Golden Light

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Antelope Island State Park UT.

The insects in this image show Bryne flies, one of the primary source of food for birds in Salt Lake.


Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 500 pf +1.4x TCII
Info 1/2500s f/8.0 ISO1000, Auto ISO +1/3 EV
Manual; Matrix metering


Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P 20
Cropped slightly from lower-left corner
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Burn and Dodge selectively
Cloning a couple of spots.

Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[David Roach]

Hi Krishna, Love the colors, patterns, placement of subject and nice sharp edges and just enough detail to ID the bird. Some may not like the specs in water but it shows the shallow depth naturally for me. TFS

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

Nice placement of small subject in frame, like the water color. I do find the many small reeds or specs in the water to be distracting. There is enough contrast between them and the bright water that they really stand out.

Randy

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Krishna, I like everything about the image except the smudges of vegetation breaking the water surface. I would take the time to clean them up, then the image would be top shelf in my book. Thank you for sharing.

P.S. I didn't get a chance to comment you your Avocet images, I enjoyed looking at each one. That must be wonderful spot to photograph at.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi Krishna, I like everything about the image except the smudges of vegetation breaking the water surface. I would take the time to clean them up, then the image would be top shelf in my book. Thank you for sharing.

P.S. I didn't get a chance to comment you your Avocet images, I enjoyed looking at each one. That must be wonderful spot to photograph at.

Thank you. Can you elaborate on smudges if vegetation ? I could not understand the same

It sure is an awesome place (1hr drive from my home)

I have to explore this place more.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thank you. Can you elaborate on smudges if vegetation ? I could not understand the same

It sure is an awesome place (1hr drive from my home)

I have to explore this place more.

Hi Krishna, it is easier to show you than for me to try to explain. I quickly cleaned up a strip across the image above the bird. It would be a tedious job because there are so many but it would give a cleaner background. I used the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop. I think all of the dark smudges are vegetation that is just breaking the surface from low water, it may be something else. I guess you would know from being there but I see the same thing in my images here when the water is not high enough to cover the tops of the vegetation.

[Brian Sump]

Krishna, agreed the specs get a touch distracting but a beautiful piece of art none-the-less. The colors make this one.

IMO not always easy making a small subject in a large frame work but you do it very well. Nice job getting details still in an underexposed bird.

[Dorian Anderson]

This is a really pretty frame, Krishna. The water and colors and striking, and I like that we can see some plumage detail on the bird (versus a black silhouette). The small in frame works well here. All that said, I can't move beyond the flies. But that's just me. Others seems fine with them, so that's good

[John Mack]

Love the color in that water. Works very well small in the frame.