American Avocet

[Gayle Clement]

Bolivar Flats, Texas
Nikon D2Xs
Nikkor 500mm f/4
Nikkor 1.4 TC-EII
1/250s @ f/5.6
ISO 100

[Kirsten Frost]

Lovely looking bird, well captuted. Image seems to be sloping down to the left, some CW rotation is needed to balance it out.

[Chris Dodds]

Indeed, a gorgeous subject in nice light with lovely BG. Gotta agree with the need to rotate so the water is flat.

[Fabs Forns]

Nicely done, Gayle. As mentioned, judging from the water, it needs to be rotated. Great head angle and complimentary bg.

[Greg Lasley]

Beautiful shot Gayle...lovely soft lighting and great head and eye position. Cannot argue with the rotation suggestions.

[Freddy Franzella]

Beautiful Bird beautiful image!! well done!

[Gayle Clement]

Thanks for the assist everyone. I was so intense on cleaning up the background on this one that I didn't even notice the crooked waterline.