Another Avocet

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L
1/1600 sec f/6.3 ISO 400 HH

Curves, crop for composition, and sharpening in CS5
NR on BG in Noiseware Pro

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ian, nice shot. excellent AF job. The 'landing gear down' pose is great. Whites look perfect. Looks like you were very close. Not sure if you have room in orig...if so, try placing the bird a bit higher in the frame. It is landing so more room down. Plus the water is beautiful and including more of it might be a good idea.

[Arthur Morris]

Superb sharpness and exposure. Sweet light and background. I'd love some more room in front of the bird but I suspect that you only have more room behind the bird. Bad luck with the bill merging with the black of the far wing and bad luck with the faint shoreline intersecting with the bird just below the head.

[gail bisson]

Lovely pose and excellent whites. I wish the curved bill wasn't lost in the dark feathers but still a great shot,
Gail

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great bg and pose. Sharp as ever . I really like it.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful image. Love the landing pose, exposed very well, great background, and great details.
Well done.

[Arno Ellmer]

Superb capture and pose of a beautiful bird,Ian ,with great details and bg . Agree with bird to top left if you can.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Ian, I like the pose and BG I wish the beak had not merged with far wing but still very nice. BTW, I'd use a finer radius sharpening for these guys. nice BG but would clone out a few water drops and move the bird to the left

great you still have the 400!

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice flight pose and bg colours.