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Avocets mating

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Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 7, 2012 at 5:40 PM
Avocets mating
A shot from a recent trip to Norfolk. The avocets seemed to be everywhere, and everywhere they were, they were at it :wink: Quite a performance from the male before getting to work with lots of preening, washing and flicking water over the female while she remained in this position waiting for action ..

Dave

1DMkIV + 500mm f/4
1/1000sec at f/8 and ISO200
Posted by David Sewell on May 7, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Great feather (and water droplet) detail, and the eye of the female stands out clearly. The eye of the male, however, is a little on the dark side. Can you apply a little selective lightening to bring it out a bit more?

David
Posted by keith mitchell on May 8, 2012 at 2:40 AM
Dave you have a great action shot here,apart from the eye bit mentioned by David it looks spot on!

Keith..
:smile:
Posted by Barry Southon on May 8, 2012 at 3:55 AM
Dave

All action well captured image.

:wink:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 9, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Great behavioural shot well seen and captured with the black and whites well handled. Very minor nit covered.

Nick. :smile: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on May 9, 2012 at 7:20 PM
Dave
A great action shot- but for some reason pics of birds mating never seem to go down too well.( Not that that it matters really :biggrin: )
Don't know why.
Good stuff though.
I agree with David - could be brightened a bit more .
Cheers
JR