American Avocet eating dinner!

[Conrad Tan]

Canon 7D, 700mm (500mm+1.4TC), Shutter Priority, 1/1600s, ISO200, f/5.6, 6PM, Don Edwards Wildlife Preserve-Alviso, CA. Laid flat on my belly for this shot of an Avocet feeding on small fish. Critiques are most welcome! http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1359/4602539307_e993da1744_o.jpg

[Troy Lim]

Conrad, looks like someone is enjoying his 500mm :)
Nice shot.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great lightr, low angle, BG, pse, natural moment and detail, personally I would crop from the bottom to remove some of the reflection that IMO doesn´t really adds that much. ongratulations!

[Conrad Tan]

Conrad, looks like someone is enjoying his 500mm :)
Nice shot.

Thanks Troy! The whole set is on FM if you are bored :D:D:D

[Troy Lim]

Conrad, I agree with Ramon on the reflection.

[Conrad Tan]

Great lightr, low angle, BG, pse, natural moment and detail, personally I would crop from the bottom to remove some of the reflection that IMO doesn´t really adds that much. ongratulations!

Hmmmm less reflection eh Ramon? I'll try a re-edit and see how it looks. Thanks man!

[Troy Lim]

Conrad, just saw the series. I really like the 2nd shot there. As the HA is better, but I would burn out the bright spot in the BG.

[Conrad Tan]

How's this fellas? Any better?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/4603246432_d6b3aa69b8_o.jpg

[Conrad Tan]

Conrad, just saw the series. I really like the 2nd shot there. As the HA is better, but I would burn out the bright spot in the BG.

Thanks Troy! Always looking to improve through everyone's experience! Much appreciated bud!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Conrad, that a preety big crop this is what I gad in mind, more of a pano crop just cropping from the bottom.

[Conrad Tan]

Conrad, that a preety big crop this is what I gad in mind, more of a pano crop just cropping from the bottom.

Ohhhhhh! LOL LOL LOL I misunderstood you Ramon. Thanks yeah that looks better!

[Juan Aragonés]

I like Ramon´s idea of croping a bit from the bottom. The low angle is killer and the fish in the bill a very nice bonus :)

[Tobias Hayashi]

I like the idea of the pano crop. Other than that, a fabulous shot, nice low angle really helps this.

[Stu Bowie]

Your low angle of capture works well, and good to see his catch. I like Ramon's repost. In most cases, if the reflection is not clear, I would tend to not include it.

[Colin Knight]

Ramon's repost is where it's at. Nice job Conrad!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Conrad, superb low angle and sweet light. Terrific capture. I like Ramon's repost as that creates a strong diagonal. A little CCW rotation is needed IMO.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Conrad, I tend to like both crops. I like the impact that your crop emits. Very strong!

[Conrad Tan]

I like Ramon´s idea of croping a bit from the bottom. The low angle is killer and the fish in the bill a very nice bonus :)

I really like Ramon's version as well! Thanks again for the tips guys! WHAT A GREAT WEBSITE! :)

[Conrad Tan]

I like the idea of the pano crop. Other than that, a fabulous shot, nice low angle really helps this.

Thank you very very much Tobias! :):)

[Conrad Tan]

Your low angle of capture works well, and good to see his catch. I like Ramon's repost. In most cases, if the reflection is not clear, I would tend to not include it.

Many thanks Stuart! I'll keep this in mind next time I get an unclear reflection! :):):)

[Conrad Tan]

Ramon's repost is where it's at. Nice job Conrad!

Thank you very much! :cool::cool:

[Conrad Tan]

Conrad, superb low angle and sweet light. Terrific capture. I like Ramon's repost as that creates a strong diagonal. A little CCW rotation is needed IMO.

Thank you for for the critical eye Kaustubh! :o Much appreciated! :)

[Conrad Tan]

Hi Conrad, I tend to like both crops. I like the impact that your crop emits. Very strong!

Thank you kindly sir! :):):)

[Leandro Herrainz]

Excelent job, nice moment and point of view! the ramon's crop like me more!