A bundle of fluff.................

[Tom Dolezal]

A Avocet chick

From a visit to a local RSPB wetland reserve at Elmley, Kent.

Technical: Canon 20D, Canon 500 f/4, 1.4 Mk2, f/8, 1/640 sec, ISO 100, - 23 EV, AV mode,

C & C always welcome.

Appreciate you stopping in and looking - many thanks

[Connie Mier]

What a cutie! The muddy foot coming up (or going down) is pretty cool, and I like that you captured the reflection without all the mud around the bird. I wonder if toning down the water saturation would make a better difference here.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Tom - cute fluffy little fellow.
Reflection is not that strong and I wonder if it might not be better to evict it - cropping some from the bottom and giving it more of a pano feel.
Not sure if the HAP may want to talk to you :)

[Tom Dolezal]

What a cutie! The muddy foot coming up (or going down) is pretty cool, and I like that you captured the reflection without all the mud around the bird. I wonder if toning down the water saturation would make a better difference here.

thanks for your comments and suggestion Connie. Looking back at the original, this shot has had no saturation applied - unusually, for the UK, it was a gorgeous blue sky that day which was reflected in the water.

Tom

[Tom Dolezal]

Hi Tom - cute fluffy little fellow.
Reflection is not that strong and I wonder if it might not be better to evict it - cropping some from the bottom and giving it more of a pano feel.
Not sure if the HAP may want to talk to you :)

Cheers for your comments and suggestion Lance. Is this along the lines you were thinking:



HAP ?

Tom