Pied avocet

[Frank Schauf]

Yesterday at sunrise on Texel/Nederlande. Unfortunately, not very clean, but nature is not a Studio.:bg3:

1DMIV, EF 4/600, f/5, ISO 800

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[Dumay de Boulle]

Nice detail, I really like the BG and the shade is well handled. Looking at the ripples it looks like it could use a CCW rotation. Very nice Frank

[gail bisson]

Great low POV. I like the BG and the pebbles. Great position of bird to show the curved, delicate beak.
I think the image looks level. Will wait for others to chime in.
I wish the bird had not been in the shade but one takes what nature gives!!
Gail

[christopher galeski]

very nice Frank,like the BG,nice details.thanks.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Nice one Frank,low angle ,DOF good,details,exposure quite nice!!

Cheers Andreas

[Ofer Levy]

Nice low angle and good sharpness and detail.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Frank, good low angle, with a good feeding pose. Although the curled bill blends in with the pebbles, it still shows up well - sharp too. The overall exposure looks good, and I agree with Dumay that this needs a touch of CCW rotation. Killer upper BG.

[Arthur Morris]

Unsure on the need for rotation... BKGR is killer. Did anyone mention that the head is rotated away from us or that the WHITEs are a bit BLUE? The piece of grass/straw on the bird's coverts could easily be removed and just a bit of beach clean-up would have improved this a bit.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent details and a nice pose. I see a very subtle blue cast it would benefit from warming it up a notch. love those feather details!

[Frank Schauf]

Thank you all.

I removed the blue cast in shadows, the grass and rotate 0,3 left.

[Frank Schauf]

Sorry wrong version:e3

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[Daniel Cadieux]

I like your image alot, but even your repost shows a blue cast in the shaded bird and pebbles. From the OP I added lots of yellow and reds in "Color Balance" then in "Selective Color" I reduced the cyan and magenta to the whites. I've never seen this bird in person, but I hope the colour correction looks good to you :-)

[Frank Schauf]

Nice colors, but it not looked without the Sun.:bg3: