American Avocet in full breeding plumage

[arash_hazeghi]

One shot from yesterday evening, the Avocets are nesting again!



Nikon D3S 500VR + 1.4X TC f/6.3 1/2000sec ISO 1600.

[Kristin Brown]

Arash,
Lovely image! Nice sharpness and eye. Details on wings awesome too.
Congratulations! (Oh, congrats on the new gear too!)

[Stu Bowie]

Well Arash, you sure nailed this. Great banking angle, sharp, and love the detail and colours. Very well captured.

[arash_hazeghi]

Arash,
Lovely image! Nice sharpness and eye. Details on wings awesome too.
Congratulations! (Oh, congrats on the new gear too!)

Thanks a lot Krisitn. Happy Saturday! BTW, Doug is taking the " red pill" he wants me to bring the new body to Florida, might end up being really expensive for him too ;)

[Troy Lim]

Great banking shot and showing of the habitat.
Now, where did you borrow the 500mm.
You want to borrow my 600? :)

Congrats. I love that camera.

[Troy Lim]

Oh what was your conclusion on the AF?

[arash_hazeghi]

Great banking shot and showing of the habitat.
Now, where did you borrow the 500mm.
You want to borrow my 600? :)

Congrats. I love that camera.

I got it from borrow lenses locally in SF. Their 600s are reserved for the next month solid.

I'd love to borrow your 600mm! lol Thanks a lot for checking the AF-ON button :)

[arash_hazeghi]

Oh what was your conclusion on the AF?

I only had a few flight opportunities but it nailed all of them, very solid and consistent performance so far... I will shoot more today and tomorrow. Noise performance is stunning.

[Troy Lim]

I got it from borrow lenses locally in SF. Their 600s are reserved for the next month solid.

I'd love to borrow your 600mm! lol Thanks a lot for checking the AF-ON button :)

You are welcome! If we get a chance to meet up next month, you can try out the 600mm.

[Troy Lim]

I only had a few flight opportunities but it nailed all of them, very solid and consistent performance so far... I will shoot more today and tomorrow. Noise performance is stunning.

hahaha. I love it too. I would not hesitate to go up to ISO1600 at all!!!!

Now you just need to get Doug hooked on it! LOL

[arash_hazeghi]

You are welcome! If we get a chance to meet up next month, you can try out the 600mm.

We will sure meet, thanks a lot will sure be a pleasure to use 600VR in the field.

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic!! Your experiements may cost ME a lot of money....:eek:

[Morkel Erasmus]

excellent light, colour and pose here Arash - and congrats on the new toys! that is one BEAST of a camera...did you do a full swop?

[Sid Garige]

another pefect image Arash. Excellent wing spread and eyecontact.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks a lot for nice comments,
Morkel I am switching as soon as I can find a 500 or 600, they are out of stock here in the US.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic winspread, and very sharp as posted! Too bad about the light patches behind the avocet, but all else looks great.

[Jim Neiger]

Beautiful light, topside pose, and nice bg. Well done!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great image Arash! IQ is great with lovely light too

[Tom Redd]

Arash, beautiful lighting, wonderful capture.

[James Salywoda]

Pretty sweet Arash excellent pose and detail very nicely done I hope you find the lens you want quickly.

[stuart wanuck]

great as usual

[arash_hazeghi]

Thank you all for nice comments, appreciate it