Avocet in flight

[Fabs Forns]

During Artie's IPT, this beauty was around us every day. Not many flight ops, but got this whole burst in focus.
Estero Lagoon. I tend to be a bit messy with the sand (understatement) so no 1d4 to the beach :(

Model: Canon EOS 50D
Lens (mm): 400 (100-400L)
ISO: 400
Aperture: 7.1
Shutter: 1/2000

[Lana Hays]

Fabs
Oh...oh....oh.....you don't know how much I like this one. That water droplet from the foot.....final touch!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Simply beautiful !! Love the lighting and the sweet flight pose and as Lana already mentioned the tiny water droplet. Love the whole composition !!!!!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Like this Fabs, Nice pose, good light and details...

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Fabs, I like this 'bird higher in the frame' comp you chose for this one. Most would not have done that. Light is great and so is the pose.

[Manjesh Lingamurthy]

This is beautiful. Well exposed and composed.

Manjesh

[D. Robert Franz]

Excellent Fabs.. Great light.

[Todd Frost]

Well done. Great light and comp. Techs are right on. TFS
Todd

[Grace Scalzo]

Absloutely lovely! Wing position, light, little drop falling off his feet. So sweet.

[Nancy A Elwood]

Fabs this is a stunner, 1d4 or not!! Wonderful exposure and the water droplet makes this over the top!! Congrats!!!

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely photo Fabs. In addition to everything else, I also really like the bit of shadow on the wing.
Very nice.
Dave

[Morkel Erasmus]

stunning pose, exposure and light. trusted ole 100-400 never lets me down. :)

[Jim Fenton]

Oh no...I like it :)

I've only ever seen one avocet in my entire life and this one is a beauty.

Exposure and sharpness are great.

I might have cropped a hair more from the bottom?

[Jim Crosswell]

A beautiful flight image! I like the composition and wing position.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful Fabs, tough shot to get, nicely exposed and good details. TFS

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very beautiful work Fabs! love the beak and the water droplet.