American Avocets Feeding

Gallery: AvianPosted April 26, 2014224 views16 comments

There's been some nice stilts and avocets this week so I thought I would add mine. This is another shot from the Texas coast the same day that I posted the Royal Tern recently. Like that shot I went for a pano with this one also as the background lent itself to that composition.

Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/2000 F8, iso 1000, lying on my stomach.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 26, 2014 at 3:18 PM

Killer image. Almost the same precision as the Rockets

Everything looks good to me on this one Nate.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 26, 2014 at 3:28 PM

Thanks Rick, hopefully the Rockets will start playing with more precision.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on April 26, 2014 at 4:56 PM

Wonderful parallel poses. I might've liked a tick more breathing room along the right edge, but it's hard to find any real faults with this shot.

Max

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 26, 2014 at 6:07 PM

I agree with Max, the identical poses makes this one very special Nate

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 26, 2014 at 6:24 PM

What a cool image, Nate. The matching poses are great as is the relative positions of the birds. If this were mine, I'd be sorely tempted to add a touch of canvas at both ends as if feels just a tiny bit crowded there. With that gorgeous bg it should be easy to do.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 26, 2014 at 9:04 PM

Perfect sync -- the colors look great -- good job in keeping the birds off the brown horizon at the top.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 27, 2014 at 1:26 AM

Ditto, what Dennis said!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 27, 2014 at 3:58 AM

If these feeds as quickly as ours then you've done extremely well Nate - both in focus, both with eye contact

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on April 27, 2014 at 6:06 AM

Great shot, Nate. I like the warm light, the low POV and the composition a lot.

D&L

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Comment posted by William Bickle on April 27, 2014 at 8:02 AM

Hello Nate

WOW....Sweet Image....Great to capture their similar movements and your excellent timing too! the pano works well here.

cheers

Bill

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on April 27, 2014 at 11:13 AM

Love it, love it. Great angle and the birds were very cooperative.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM

Beautiful light and terrific image Nate. Love the double pose, techs look super. Only nit is the obvious a bit tight on the right. I am not usually one to add canvas, but this is one I think I would make an exception for (unless of course you are saving this one for a contest somewhere down the road).

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Comment posted by May Haga on April 27, 2014 at 4:29 PM

Very cool shot Nate. Love the low perspective. I really like the avocet colors in the water. Both birds are neatly lined up and in focus. Doesn't get any better than this.

May

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 28, 2014 at 12:37 AM

Sweet light, excellent capture and a pleasing near-symmetry. The low angle adds a lot to the shot.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on April 28, 2014 at 3:38 AM

Beautifully captured Nate. My only wish is for a bit more space on right and at the top.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 28, 2014 at 8:39 PM

"Double" great image Nate. The double pose is awesome. Really nice light and detail in both birds. Really cool image.

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