Double Dippers

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I was fortunate enough to have a few days of great light while these avocets were around. I was able to capture three frames of this pose before the one bird moved and this one was the sharpest. Bill cleaned on left side bird
Canon MIV 300 mm 2.8w 2X
ISO 640 F8@1/2000 about 25%crop

[gail bisson]

Hi Cheryl,
I think this is excellent. I love the poses and the beautiful graduated BG colors.
Great low POV. Both birds nice and sharp and both with a catchlight. Well done!
Nice reflections of the water on the wings.
I would get rid of the round brown blob next to the birds tail on left hand side.
Gail

[Hayath Mohammed]

Perfect symmetry, and as you mention some great light to compliment the balanced composition here

[gary ellwein]

Well done Cheryl. Gail has nicely covered the highlights of the image. One of my favorite moments in wildlife photography is waiting and hoping for two or more subjects to move into a unique position such as this.

[Bill Dix]

Super poses - great moment captured. Love the layered bg as well. Very well done.

[Norm Dulak]

A terrific moment in time, beautifully captured. One thing you might consider would be to crop the image more tightly, eliminating a little negative space all around, and making a more vertical crop. But this is very nice.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent symmetry, nice HA on both and excellent layerd background, Cheryl.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Hi Cheryl,
I think this is excellent. I love the poses and the beautiful graduated BG colors.
Great low POV. Both birds nice and sharp and both with a catchlight. Well done!
Nice reflections of the water on the wings.
I would get rid of the round brown blob next to the birds tail on left hand side.
Gail

Good eye Gail Ill get on that blob :) Thanks everyone. Norm I agree I was a little torn on vertical or not. I chose more environment with the horizontal

[Dan Busby]

Love it Cheryl. You have nicely preserved the inherent symmetry with the comp but I agree it could probably also work as a vertical.

[Melissa Groo]

Excellent portrait Cheryl! I too love it when more than one of a species aligns itself in a symmetrical or otherwise pleasing pattern, and that's certainly the case here. I like it as a horizontal, gives them more room to look into and for those long bills to point into. Great exposure, low angle, and layered background.

[Grace Scalzo]

Striking pose! Such interesting curves, pretty colors in the background. A memorable image, Cheryl.

[dankearl]

I agree about cleaning up the water, but getting this pose and look requires patience and
you did a very nice job.
I like the horizontal comp.

[arash_hazeghi]

very sweet love the pose and details, nice light too

[David Salem]

Nice double shot of one of my favorite dippers. Exposed well and full of detail. Great BG too. Great work...

[Vivaldo Damilano]

This is a really cool shot Cheryl, getting two birds opposite each other is fantastic, lots to like. I also like the water colors and ripples well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Cheryl! I like the poses, exposure, sharpness, compostion and water colour.