Avocet in flight

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Another one from Southern California, last December.
I really like this species in their winter plumage too.

Canon 1D4, 700mm
1/2500, f6.3, ISO 500
Manual, HH

This is full frame. But I move the bird back in the frame a touch (cropped from the right and added that much to the left)
Blended in a lighter streak (from the far bank) in the bg.

All input appreciated.
Thanks.

[Ian Wilson]

Very nice angle showing top and bottom sides of wings, appropriate background, good eye contact, technically spot on. Well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Great shooting angle, nice up wing position, excellent sharpness, eye contact and nice background, Sid.

[stuart wanuck]

very nice angle and position and nice whites

[Grace Scalzo]

Nothing but positives from me on this beautiful frame. Love it.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice BG and exposure

[Binu John]

Excellent shot, Sid! The exposure is spot on and the background is sweet! Very well done!

[christopher galeski]

very nice Sid,good flight pose,nice BG,good exposure.

[vishaljadhav]

Iam still dreaming of a day when i can get this close to this bird
amazing one great pose and super details, love it

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice wing position, good BG, and good job with the tweaked composition.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous flight shot.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Sid, this is a really nice shot of this specie which I have found to be very skittish here on the Texas coast. Love the BG & wing position. Well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wonderful exposure and details sharp from bill to toe - super shot.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I second all of the comments regarding this image. A beauty Sid...

[Raybel Robles]

Great sharp image with a perfect clean background. Congrats!

[David Salem]

Imagine if you lived down here!! You would have a ton of killer images like this. Very nice flight shot . I love shooting Avocets in flight. This one looks killer Sid. Perfect exposure and camera alignment has created a beautifully detailed image. Nice BG he flew thru too. See ya

[Marina Scarr]

The moment I saw the thumbnail, I knew it was yours. Killer image with spot on exposure and details.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Lovely bird, light and pose. Thanks for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sid, great capture here, as we dont normally see images of these guys in flight, and you pretty much nailed a great flight pose too. Overall well exposed, sharp, and you cant complain about that BG.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thank you all. Appreciate you taking the time to view and comment.