Avocets Mating

Gallery: AvianPosted May 1, 2011237 views9 comments

A great day at Baylands in Palo Alto.

D300s
500mm
Subject dist: 16.8m
1/2500 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
Almost full frame, so no more room, sorry

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by David E Lester on May 1, 2011 at 10:10 PM

Are they mating or does he not want to get his feet wet? Nice photo, no nits from me. Thanks for sharing!

Dave

Registered on March 24, 2010, 155 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on May 1, 2011 at 11:25 PM

great action, Sandy, and your comp works just fine for me--no need for more room. on my monitor the colors look quite different in the two versions--the oranges in the larger version seem a little bright, might look for something in the middle.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 2, 2011 at 12:07 AM

Are others seeing a difference too??
Both versions seem identical to me.. just calibrated 3 days ago... hope it's ok!

Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on May 2, 2011 at 12:08 AM

Terrific job you made of exposure on those white Sandy; the feather detail is excellent to my eye :^)

Always interested to see such behavioral shots, thanks for sharing :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on May 2, 2011 at 1:16 AM

Great capture- Nice detail and perfect exposure with strong sunlight (D300s works very fine at 800 ISO- I just got it, glad to see it-)- Larger version seems pretty good on my monitor- Well done, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 2, 2011 at 3:23 AM

I think this needs some NR on the BG -
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Gilham on May 2, 2011 at 7:56 PM

Nice behavorial shot Sandy. I didn't really notice any noise until you mentioned it, and IMO it was very minute. Good exposure and detail on the birds. It looks like it could use slight CW rotation, but it could also be the shoreline and the bottom Avocets lean that are playing tricks on my old eyes.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 77 Posts, 489 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on May 2, 2011 at 11:00 PM

Sandy, Great capture, it is fantastic you got this close. I think the centered birds is completely appropriate. Did you capture them right after also.

Harry

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on May 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM

Sandy, great action. I love avocets and would love to have an image like this in my files.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments