Avocet

[John Blumenkamp]

I photographed a few avocet this evening along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake...

7D @ 500mm
1/1250 f/7.1 iso400
tripod w/sidekick

Your comments are appreciated... thanks!

John

[Sid Garige]

John,

You made a fantastic vertical comp out of traditional horizontal image. Excellent composition.

[stuart wanuck]

whites look good and vertical interesting

[denise ippolito]

John, I like this. It reminds me of rays of light. The vertical comp. does look good. Very nice pose.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice BG and comp, nice breeding plumage too! would sharpen a bit more if RAW has details...TFS great shot!

[James Jerome]

I really like the composition. The vertical works well here--good vision.

[Randy Stout]

John:

I like this non traditional view of the avocet (different pose and background).

I might consider toning down the brightest vegetation on the lower left, as it does compete with the bird.

Nicely exposed.

Cheers

Randy