Flying Avo

[Scott Frye]

American Avocet at Higley Ponds -- Gilbert , Arizona

1/3200 at F6.3 and ISO 400 EC -2/3
Bigma at 500mm
Canon 40D

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very cool image. The calling bird really makes a difference. Bg is sweet. I find it a bit soft on my screen. Would apply a bit more sharpness.

Szimi

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light and calling pose. I agree regarding sharpening, wish for a better wing position (higher up or down) and would remove the dark spot behind the bird.

[Stephen Stephen]

Scott I have absolutely nothing on this species so I would be pleased to have this image in my collection. That being said I'll echo the comment about sharpness and the dark spot (dust spot?) behind the bird.

[Linda Robbins]

Nice soft light and the calling pose is great. The head position couldn't be better. Good exposure control and framing. Dust bunny and a little extra sharpening mentioned. Nice capture!

[Grady Weed]

Clean your sensor Scott. This is killer. Deep blue sky, open beak, good eye contact and head turn, wings up and the shadow I like. Keep posting.

[Kim Rollins]

Good capture here. You did well.

I don't personally think it would take much final sharpening to dial this one in.

In addition to what the other have said I also think you could clip 10 -15 points on the light side of Adjustment Layer Levels.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the colours on him, and the whites look well exposed. Great timing to capture the open beak, and I would maybe move him up in the frame a bit. Still, well captured.