American Avocet in flight II

[arash_hazeghi]

Here is another Avocet right after take off with a trail of water drops, hope you like it

http://www.stanford.edu/%7Eahazeghi/Photos/birds/Avocet%20head%20turn%20in%20flight.jpg

5D MKII 500f/4 + 1.4X TC f/8 1/2000sec ISO 800 sw: DPP

[Kiran Poonacha]

Another Beauty Arash Bhai, loved the pose, crisp image and the magical light.. the water droplets puts this over the top..

[Nick Palmieri]

Love the light and the water drops in the rear. The drop under the neck is a bit of a distraction to me, I tried to wipe it off my screen. But very nice job with this guy!

[Mark Dumbleton]

Agree, another beauty of an image. I love the exposure and detail to this. Awesome BG!

[subhrashis]

Great one! Nice sharpness, color and comp, i esp. love the color palette, agree about the drop under the neck, it does distract.
Just a wild thought, do you have more room with more drops right? that would be an unconventional, yet IMO an unconventional take...

[Nancy A Elwood]

Arash WOW you have been getting such great opportunities with these birds!! The exposure and BG are so right. Well done!!

[Stu Bowie]

Amazing IQ Arash, and the avocet pops so well from the BG. Wonderful light and colours, sharp, and the droplets do add. Congrats on a fine image.

[Lorant Voros]

Fantastic colors, IQ. Looks like you manage to get many good BIF shots with the 5DMKII.

[Fabs Forns]

Terrific pose and light, love the BG colors and detail in the plumage. You are certainly getting a lot of mileage off the 5d2 :)
You can try my 1d4 when you come visit.

[A_Maddah]

Hi Arash
Excellent exposure, timing , detail and lovely colors.TFS

Asad

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks guys for nice comments, 5D MKII has great AF for flight shots as well as excellent IQ, very consistent (credit to Fabs who told me to try it) here is a larger version (http://ari1982.smugmug.com/Animals/American-Avocet-Exhibit/avocet-full-hd/817451191_8CkCu-X2.jpg)

Thanks Fabs for kind offer, looking forward to shooting with you soon :)

[Markus Jais]

Awesome shot. Great wing pose, perfect light, exposure and sharpness. The water drops are a wonderful bonus.

Markus

[Danny Laredo]

Lovely image all around Arash. Super sweet flight pose and detail.