Theme: American Avocet

[wendell westfall]

D90 70-200VR+2X 1/2500 f6.3 ISO800 -1/3EV handheld

I felt like this bird had me in its sights, and was ready to rumble . . .

Wendell

[Randy Stout]

Wendell:

He does really look to be giving you the once over!

Well exposed, smooth water. The water is showing some noise and there is a smudge on the sensor or something in the water just above the end of the wings.

I might be tempted to remove the reed touching the leg.

Could also consider a modest crop down from the top, the bottom crop looks good.

This certainly fits the theme well.

Cheers

Randy

[Terry Olmsted]

Great capture, and he/she is certainly looking straight at you. I agree with Randy's comments.
Wonderful bird!
Terry

[Daniel Cadieux]

To add to Randy's comments if you had the opportunity to move right a bit this would have done two things: separate the legs from the vegetation, and aligned the light direction straighter on your subject. I still like the overall image, and quite fitting for the theme