American Avocet
Took last year at my favorite Avocet spot during breeding season. Mature male coming in for a landing.
1DMKIV---700mm---f5.6---ss1/3200---ISO 800---Car as blind w/BLUBB @7:15am---20% crop
Thanks as always for looking and your input. Appreciated.
David
Last edited by Peter Kes; 11-15-2012 at 02:32 PM.
One of my favourite waders David - love your composition here and the under-carriage down ready for landing! Sharp where it counts, good early morning lighting and portrayed nicely against a soft even BG.
This is really nice.
I love the light and the gun metal grey BG.
The curve of the bill parallels the back wing which makes for some really nice lines in the image.
I would like a bit more room on the RHS,
Gail
Hey David,
Love the BG and pose but the DOF falloff is bothering me a bit. In this case dropping to 1/2000 may have helped gain a bit of DOF but tough to do in those quick decision times.
Nice landing pose and excellent agle. Nice light and sharpness where it countst, David.
Hi David, I too like how the curved bill follows the line of the far wing. I like the angled pose, well exposed, and nice clean BG.
I like this lots. The pose could not have been better, and I like the chose crop. Great light. I'd try another round of sharpening to the head and neck areas, I'm sure a bit more fine details may come out of there.
Wonderful shot.
Really like the pose, great head angle and wing position. Exposed very well and I really like the background as it brings out the bird nicely.
Well done.
An elegant and lovely pose. Dan hit the nail on the head with a bit more sharpening to the head and neck....
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excellent light, good landing pose and the breeding plumage is pleasing. I wonder if you had to apply NR as the head/neck appear to have lost detail
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Thanks everyone for the comments and help greatly appreciated. Yes Arash I may have applied slight noise is reduction to the whole image.
Woul love to have this one. Great pose and light. What's the solid grey BG?
Thanks Cheryl. Glad you like it. The BG is a spot I call reflection pond. I have posted a few shots of Avocets with reflections at this spot. The distant hill and the water color make for a neat gun metal grey BG. Thanks again
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