Andean Avocet (Bolivia)

[Glenn Bartley]

It was fun to do a bit of shorebird photography in Bolivia. Getting down and dirty in the mud is always fun :-)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure compensation: +2/3
ISO: 200
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

Bolivia trip report and video blog now online - http://www.glennbartley.com/articles.htm

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Fantastic shot Glenn. Awesome angle and light.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Great shot. Absolutely love the color gradent in the bg. Would really like a 1024 px wide version to look at! :)

[Nick Palmieri]

Awesome clean shot! Love the BG and the head looks tack sharp.

[PhilCook]

Very sweet shot, sharp and low angle is excellent, such a beautiful array of soft colorings in this image too, I'd be incline to give it a little more canvas on the right though

[Tim King]

Such a beautiful bird, and an equally beautiful photo. Fine job, Glenn. I enjoyed your mustache in your video...very authentic : )

[Ian McHenry]

A true Birds as Art feel good image.
I like the picture as framed without any additional canvas.

[Don Nelson]

Beautiful bird and gorgeous background. Great IQ.

[Gen Benjamin]

Love this, great light, nice low angel, beautiful soft background and that eye is just awesome.
Gen

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
Execellent low angle, lovely light, wonderful background, and terrific pose.
Well done.

[Bill Dix]

Simply lovely. Beautiful bird, great low POV, super parfait bg. I sure wish you'd post your images at 1024.

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic shot of a truly beutiful bird, Glenn.

[Geir Jensen]

Wonderful shot . I like colour of BG and low angel .
Well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Very, very elegant image.

[Amol Khedgikar]

LOve this shot. Beautiful bird, very well shot. THe low angle, the perfect head turn, the detail in the eye and in the plumage is perfect. The BG is nicely blurred and the colors are nice there too.the delicate curvature of the beak stands well and adds so much to the image. YOu did well to get low, (Getting the belly wet for such a shot is totally worth it)

successful image overall.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A supper shot, wonderful colours and an idyllic pose, a very strong image full of impact.