American Avocet - Maybe spring will come after all

Rohirrim

Saw this guy at a pond close to my house. A good sign that spring is coming closer!


EXIF
Camera: Canon 20D
Lens: Canon 500 mm f/4.0 with 1.4X TC



EXIF
Camera: Canon 20D
Lens: Canon 500 mm f/4.0 with 1.4X TC



EXIF
Camera: Canon 20D
Lens: Canon 500 mm f/4.0 with 1.4X TC



Thank you for looking, C&C always welcome,

John Mueller

Wonderful captures Steve

gtc

very nice
what a good looking bird.lovely capture and bokeh -colours are great too-you must have used a tripod at that length

ahh the canon 500-is it an L?

Thusie

Wow very cool Steve

wxwax

Lovely composition, bokeh and bird. Nice work!

pathfinder

Sweet!!

riddim_maker

Outstanding!

Outstanding capture and presentation, Steve
Makes me want to get out and practice some more...much more...a whole lot more.

Rohirrim

John Mueller wrote:

Wonderful captures Steve

Thank you John.

Rohirrim

gtc wrote:

what a good looking bird.lovely capture and bokeh -colours are great too-you must have used a tripod at that length

ahh the canon 500-is it an L?

Thanks Greg, Yep the 500 is an L. I should have added that to my info.

Rohirrim

Thusie wrote:

Wow very cool Steve

Thank you Thusie, I appreciate your comments.

ehughes

Very Nice

Harryb

Excellent series Steve.

ginger_55

Wonderful, Steve!

Not only is the bird fabulous, but I love the water. Is that the shallow DOF considering how super long your lens was?

lovely! as usual, and spring has sprung here.

ginger

Rohirrim

wxwax wrote:

Lovely composition, bokeh and bird. Nice work!

Thank you Waxy I appreciate you taking the time to give your comments.

Rohirrim

pathfinder wrote:

Sweet!!

Thanks Path!

Rohirrim

Thank you Ed, Harry and Ginger.

Ginger-- yep the shallow DOF is from the long lens and being shot wide open.

jwear

very clean set great shots steve

zoomer

Nice shots. The Avocets are one of my favorite birds.
I really like the way the background on your shots came out.
Composition is very well done.
Really nice photos.

Rohirrim

zoomer wrote:

Nice shots. The Avocets are one of my favorite birds.
I really like the way the background on your shots came out.
Composition is very well done.
Really nice photos.

Thank you Jeff and Zoomer, I appreciate your replies.

KAM

Beautiful bird and wonderful photo
Beautiful....KAM