Courting Avocets

[alexgwoodruff]

Caught this pair at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve, Arizona this weekend.



Nikon D90 with 300mm f4 AFS and 1.4 x Teleconverter.
1/1600" f5.6, ISO 400, 420mm, +0EV, Pattern Metered, Manual Mode.

[Joel Eade]

These are beautiful birds and you captured an unusual pose with good HA's and both in focus....not easy to do. The whites appear well exposed on my monitor.

To me, the reflection really isn't that strong and i would consider cropping from the bottom but leave enough for "virtual feet"

Very well done.

[Doug West]

I agree with Joel...crop off the reflection. There just isn't enough
detail in the reflections to keep. I'm thinking cropping it right
above or at the reflection head of the Avocet on the right.

Doug

[alexgwoodruff]

Thanks for the comments guys. I appreciate your advice regarding the reflections.

[Ian Cassell]

Nice, Alex! I've never been able to get the courting pose head-on like this. Nice exposure. I agree about the reflections.

I'm in Tahoe this week, but plan on getting out there this coming week and hope I haven't missed all the courting.