Young American Avocet in habitat

[arash_hazeghi]

This is image was made in Palo Alto Baylands nature preserve, the chicks that hatched in winter have now grown up, the smaller ones are still vulnerable and need full parental care/attention. The older chicks have started to fly and are now zipping around. This is one of them, the top plumage has almost morphed to that of an adult with a few white spots left. This was one of the lucky days when dorsal bank view has come together with full habitat BG which includes water and marsh :D


MK4 500 f/4, 1.4X TC, f/7.1 1/3200 sec ISO 800, almost FF image. sw DPP

Hope you like it :)

[christopher galeski]

nice,very nice BG,good flight pose,plenty of detail in the bird.thanks.

[Mark Dumbleton]

This is fantastic! Great BG showing environment, great pose and detail!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, good sharpness, eye contact and setting. The only thing I might do is removing the two blades of grass underneath the near wing.

P.S.: I think you were a bit early with this post. :)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash, this is spectacular. The painterly Bg takes it to another level. Of course everything abt the bird is gorgeous. You nailed this one. Great light too. Thanx for sharing.

[Dan Avelon]

Oh my goodness! This is the best Avocet photo that I have ever seen. Every single element of this photograph is in perfect place. I can't believe you can get a photo that is SO sharp from a fast flying bird like the Avocet. Really excellent, thanks for displaying.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent! You will have to show me how you get such excellent BIF shots with the mark 4...;)

[denise ippolito]

Arash, I really like the pose and the beautiful background. Nice sharp details. Well done.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome shot Arash I love the pose captured and the composition is beautiful.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everybody, someone mentioned that this might actually be a molting adult as opposed to a juvenile. So take it for whichever one is correct!

[Hendri Venter]

Top shot Arash. Great pose, detail and BG as mentioned.