Juvenile Least Sandpiper.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Photogrpahed a few weeks ago, it was part of a small flock of about 15-20 birds (semis and leasts). Most of them were foraging but this guy stayed behind to perform some feather maintenance.

Canon 7D + 100-400L @340mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/250s., f/7.1, ISO 400 (settings histogram checked), natural light, handheld, slight rotation then corners cropped off, a few specks in the water patched out. Darkened pupil.

[Michael Libbe]

Beautiful, clean image!

[Nancy Bell]

Very sweet! Awesome light on the sandpiper, great pose & feather details, beautiful calm water with lovely greens and blues and fantastic reflection!

[nrohrbacker]

Great light and reflection. Nice work.

[Aidan Briggs]

A nice situation and a perfect execution. Love the comp, pose, and low angle.

Well done as usual!

[Karen Forderer]

The sharpness and colours are excellent.

[Marina Scarr]

Exposure, pose, BG and sharpness are excellent, Daniel, but the comp of this one is not working too well for me. For me the reflection is overpowering the subject rather than complementing.

[Shawn Zierman]

Sweetness! Love the quality of the rufous coloration on this one and the very fresh plumage.
I think everything works here...particularly enjoying the divide of reflected sky and earth in the
image...very balanced.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous image Daniel Sir,
A unique composition.Love the placement and pose of the Sandpiper with head turn,beautiful green blue BG.
Rest as usual magnificent.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

another great image from you Daniel,love the look back pose,good light and nice colors,well done.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice indeed. A new species for me! Love the still water and reflexion. Light is nice too. I see you shooted this guy at 340mm, where you inside a blind or are these birds tame?

[Karl Egressy]

Great cleaning pose, excellent details and sharpness, Daniel.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice indeed. A new species for me! Love the still water and reflexion. Light is nice too. I see you shooted this guy at 340mm, where you inside a blind or are these birds tame?

Thanks all! Juan, many juvenile shorebirds tend to be tame and quite approachable when taking a low and slow approach. I was lying in the water for this image, no blind or camo.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great colors and reflection. I would prefer to see the bird not so far to the left but I am not a fan of thatkind of crop except in a running or walking kind of pose. I like the loose plumage and great detail.

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi daniel
Exposure, pose, BG and sharpness are excellent.
Thank you.