American Avocet chick

Posted by Steve Metildi on Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:55 am

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

First unread post

| 18 posts |

Page 1 of 1

1D MK II, 600 w/ 1.4X TC, 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400

Irvine, CA

It waded and fed just like an adult Avocet only it was pint sized and looked extremely vulnerable in this wide open pond--couldn't have been more than a couple weeks old.

Steve

Posted by:
Steve Metildi
Lifetime Member

Location: Orange County, CA
Member #:00266
Posts: 10
Joined: 3 Mar 2004

View portfolio
Visit website

by LHays on Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:39 am

LHays
Lifetime Member

Posts: 12363
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Location: Northern Kentucky
Member #:00040

View portfolio
Visit website

Steve
What a real cutie......all the way from his fuzzy tail to the drop of water at the end of the bill. I do need to get to California some time to see them!!

Lana Hays
NSN 0040
[url]http://www.lanahays.com/[/url]

0 people like this post

by mrhughj on Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:11 am

mrhughj
Forum Contributor

Posts: 8733
Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Looks like an Avocet to me Steve!!!!!! Nice job.

Hugh

0 people like this post

by KK Hui on Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:58 am

KK Hui
Moderator

Posts: 42681
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Hong Kong, China
Member #:00536

View portfolio
Visit website

Superbly done, Steve!
And soooo cute too ...

KK Hui FRPS
Fellow of The Royal Photographic Society
Personal Website | Portfolio @ Flickr

Lifetime Member NSN 0536

0 people like this post

by AForns on Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:59 am

AForns
Lifetime Member

Posts: 25782
Joined: 7 Dec 2003
Location: Coral Gables, FL
Member #:00233

View portfolio

Sweet image Steve !!!!

Love the cute little guy !!!

Alfred Forns
NSN 0233

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi Berra

0 people like this post

by Byron H on Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:43 am

Byron H
Lifetime Member

Posts: 529
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: Germantown, MD
Member #:00436

View portfolio

Adorable shot! Nice lighting!

Byron
Germantown, MD

0 people like this post

by Jim Neiger on Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:30 am

Jim Neiger
Lifetime Member

Posts: 4342
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
Location: Kissimmee, Florida, USA
Member #:00113

View portfolio
Visit website

Nice shot, Steve!

[b]Jim Neiger - [url=http://www.flightschoolphotography.com]Flight School Photography[/b][/url]
[b]Kissimmee, Florida[/b]

[url=http://www.flightschoolphotography.com/FSP%20Current%20Workshops.htm][b]Flight School Photography Workshops[/b][/url]

0 people like this post

by Christina Evans on Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:19 am

Christina Evans
Forum Contributor

Posts: 7649
Joined: 9 Mar 2005
Location: Largo, Florida

Visit website

Priceless.

Christina Evans
http://cgstudios.smugmug.com/

0 people like this post

by Christopher Dodds on Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:49 am

Christopher Dodds
Lifetime Member

Posts: 9554
Joined: 20 Jul 2004
Location: Huntingdon (QC) Canada
Member #:00362

View portfolio
Visit website

Darn cute! A great capture, Steve.
Love the eyeline - looks like make-up.

[url=http://naturephotographyblog.squarespace.com/workshops/]WORKSHOPS[/url] [url=http://www.naturephotographyblog.com/]BLOG[/url] [url=http://www.facebook.com/chrisdoddsphoto]FACEBOOK[/url]

0 people like this post

by Kim Steininger on Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:49 am

Kim Steininger
Lifetime Member

Posts: 5969
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Member #:00322

View portfolio
Visit website

Too cute!!! This is great Steve!

Kim Steininger

0 people like this post

by mpontiff on Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:09 pm

mpontiff
Forum Contributor

Posts: 596
Joined: 11 Aug 2004
Location: Louisiana

Cute little ball of fuzz.

Well done Steve.

Matt

0 people like this post

by eagle43 on Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:34 pm

eagle43
Forum Contributor

Posts: 1512
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Location: Miami, Fl/Atlanta, Ga

Sweet Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:) :) :)

Roy

Congrats ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Roy

0 people like this post

by Arthur Morris on Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:55 pm

Arthur Morris
Lifetime Member

Posts: 1123
Joined: 20 Aug 2003
Location: Indian Lake Estates, FL

Visit website

You oughta DIE! This one just kills me; it is so lovely. The diagonal pose adds power to the delicateness (is that a word?) of the chick. Totally priceless. Kay loves it too and says that she loves her Toshiba laptop!
Best and love, artie

ps: Love the new featehrs coming in, probably the greater coverts. Not to mention the water drop! Yikes.

Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
www.BIRDSASART-blog.com

0 people like this post

by Mike Wilson on Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:37 pm

Mike Wilson
Forum Contributor

Posts: 16364
Joined: 20 Aug 2003
Location: San Diego, CA

Well done Steve. May head up to CC soon. Hope your birds are still there.

Mike Wilson
San Diego, Ca
[url=http://www.naturescapes.net/membership.htm]NSN 0047[/url]

0 people like this post

by Vince Thomas on Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:12 am

Vince Thomas
Lifetime Member

Posts: 3755
Joined: 9 May 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, Ca
Member #:00309

View portfolio

Open bill is great Steve... how did you and Larry get the low angles at SJWD?

Vince Thomas
Huntington Beach, Ca

0 people like this post

by Ofer Levy on Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:07 am

Ofer Levy
Forum Contributor

Posts: 17569
Joined: 14 Dec 2004

Visit website

Lovely shot Steve!

Just wish for a bit more DOF and a bit more room at the bottom for the virtual legs.

Ofer Levy
Sydney, Australia
http://www.oferlevyphotography.com

0 people like this post

by Steve Metildi on Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:39 am

Steve Metildi
Lifetime Member

Posts: 10
Joined: 3 Mar 2004
Location: Orange County, CA
Member #:00266

View portfolio
Visit website

Ofer Levy wrote:Lovely shot Steve! Just wish for a bit more DOF and a bit more room at the bottom for the virtual legs.

Thanks Ofer. What you don't see is that this chick was moving its head and neck quickly from side to side in a sweeping motion so I needed a faster shutter speed than one would think and I didn't want to crank up the ISO just yet.

Steve

0 people like this post

by Debski on Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:43 am