Avocet Trio

Gallery: AvianPosted November 20, 2011220 views13 comments

I spent an afternoon a couple weeks back photographing a good number of avocets out along the causeway to Antelope Island here in northern Utah. This was one of my favorites from the day...

1DIV @ 700mm
1/1600 f/8 iso400

Thanks for taking a look!

John

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Tom Wilson on November 20, 2011 at 8:05 PM

This is teriffic. Really nice use of depth of field, placement of the birds in the frame and selection of aspect ratio for the presentation.
Sorry to ask this. What is a 1DIV?

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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 20, 2011 at 9:22 PM

Very nice, I like the creative use of DOF. TFS

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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on November 20, 2011 at 9:32 PM

Great job on getting these guys all lined up. Very unique image. I like it a lot.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on November 20, 2011 at 10:10 PM

This is fabulous! The only thing I could wish for would be less boring water, but hey, the subjects are just super! Sharon

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 20, 2011 at 11:10 PM

One of those "once in a lifetime" moments perfectly captured.
Just having the leading bird would have been great

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 21, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Super cool photo John

Excellent flight formation, with sharpness exactly where it counts. I wonder how this would look in B & W. just thinking out loud

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 21, 2011 at 5:17 PM

Excellent catch, love the composition. So well synchronized, wonderful.

Ray

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Love the stacked effect. Perfect alignment of the birds and the pleasing drop off in the depth of field.

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on November 23, 2011 at 1:21 AM

Well seen
It put a smile on my face

I love it when this type of shot comes together

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on November 23, 2011 at 11:27 AM

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

@Sharon... I totally agree - that Great Salt Lake water is not the best of backgrounds at times. ;-)

@Ken... Great idea! I think I'll look at a b&w version, and agree it may be interesting to see how it looks.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 24, 2011 at 12:33 AM

I can see why it is one of your favorites, wonderful perspective with the way the avocets are lined up, excellent shot.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 25, 2011 at 9:29 PM

John, not often you can get them stacked like this and I like the fairly even spacing between the birds and the graduated DOF on the birds. I'm fine with the GSL background the way you've cropped the image. I'm imagining this same shot with the birds in breeding plumage for a little more color. I've spent a lot of time with these causeway avocets but probably ignore them more than I should...

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 28, 2011 at 10:35 PM

Love the stacked up look. Great captured.
May

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