American Avocet Portrait

[Raymond Lee]

Murray Marsh, Sturgeon County, AB, Canada

Canon EOS 7D | Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS + Kenko 1.4x Teleplus PRO 300 DGX + Canon Extender EF 1.4x II; handheld.
Manual mode, 1/1250 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640

All C&Cs are welcome!

Thanks,
Raymond

[gail bisson]

You have created a beautiful portrait despite the harsher light.
The BG colors are so nice and the IQ of the image is excellent.
Perfect head turn for my taste and the composition you chose is excellent.
Amazingly sharp and with 2 tele!!
Well done on a fine image,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Raymond:

Well done to work with this combo handheld. Nice detail, good sense of form added by slight side lighting on neck, great display of the bill.

The image reads just a tiny bit bright on my monitor, might consider a version with the curve pulled down just a fraction. It is well exposed as is,but I think a slight adjustment would make the light softer and more flattering.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely portrait full of great details. This would have been even stronger in more subtle light. It looks as though the bird posed for you!

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi
Nice detail, good composition.excellent BG colors and IQ.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb portrait with beautiful colors and great details. Superb BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

A truly beautiful portrait, Raymond.

[David Salem]

Nice closup shot of this good looking specimen. The detail looks great and I like the pose and the comp you chose. The light was a bit harsh but maybe adding a bit more contrast and saturation will help.
Nice work getting this close.