Taken at the Radio Road Pond in Redwood City. It is an excellent location for Avocets, Stilts, and other shorebirds.
There are a few jagged edges on the bill from sharpening for web that I was too lazy to take care of.
Canon 50D, 500 f/4
1/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 640
06-21-2011, 02:47 PM
Brendan Dozier
Beautiful shot, Aidan! Love the soft light & BG, low angle, wonderful color & detail. Very nice composition.
06-21-2011, 02:49 PM
Mike Milicia
Love the low angle, soft light, and wonderful setting/background!
Excellent pose, exposure, and detail as well!
For my taste, would like to see a bit more room all around, but especially at the bottom to give some room to the virtual feet.
06-21-2011, 03:14 PM
noelle zaleski
Very nice image with a wonderful background :S3:
06-21-2011, 03:19 PM
Kaustubh Deshpande
Aidan, what a shot...loved the pose, HA, low angle, soft light, whites, BG....excellent DOF coverage. would like to see it bigger though :-) narrow FOV of 500 makes a big difference in the BG( comparing with similar compositions with my 400)
06-21-2011, 03:52 PM
Aidan Briggs
Thanks everyone!
Mike: I am OK with the amount of space, but I agree that some extra wouldn't hurt, especially at the bottom.
KD: Yes, the 500 is great for backgrounds, and it certainly makes bird photography in general a bit easier. I do still love the 100-400 though.
06-21-2011, 05:25 PM
Jonathan Ashton
Beautiful image great colours and exposure.
06-21-2011, 06:15 PM
gail bisson
Very nice comp and background. Very soft feeling to this picture. Nice low angle. I like it!
Gail
06-21-2011, 08:37 PM
Herb Houghton
Great image, I love the pose and sweet BKGD.
06-22-2011, 04:20 AM
christopher galeski
very nice image,and its all been said.thanks.
06-22-2011, 07:28 AM
denise ippolito
Aidan, Beautiful image and nice colors for the back ground. I agree w/ Mike while it's not tight a little more room would be nice. However it's your vision that counts.:S3:
06-22-2011, 07:55 AM
Mark Itol
Excellent detail, nice BG, and angle.
06-22-2011, 09:03 AM
Gary Esman
Sweet shot! Love the pose and background.
Gary.
06-22-2011, 09:39 AM
Bill Dix
Beautiful image, Aidan. Light, low angle, BG, colors and head turn all sweet. All has been said above.
06-22-2011, 12:49 PM
Dumay de Boulle
Great shooting angle, nice pose and exp and the Avocet is nice and sharp. ice image Aidan!
06-22-2011, 03:18 PM
Jim Crosswell
Excellent image Aidan! I like the pose, low angle, BG and lighting.
06-22-2011, 03:38 PM
John Chardine
Aiden- this is quite superb. For all the reasons give above. Based on the water I would rotate CCW ever so slightly.