Wild Turkey.

[Daniel Cadieux]

While driving around agricultural areas I found a group of Wild Turkeys, with males in full display. I was able to pull over the car, slowly step out, and hide in the roadside ditch down at eye level for an impromptu photo session with them. This tom is seemingly trying its best to prove to me that songbirds are overrated anyways...:t3

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, a couple of distracting elements in the fg eliminated via patch and clone tools. NR to the BG and FG.

[adrian dancy]

All round excellent Daniel. a fine looking bird...but I'd rather not be reminded of Christmas just yet:w3

[Karl Egressy]

The low shooting angle and the full display make this image very special, Daniel.

[Robert Kimbrell]

A beautiful display and nicely captured.

[keith mitchell]

Daniel very impressed with the low angle that you have got with this shot, it's a cracking image.

Keith.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,good low angle,bird sharp with plenty of detail,nice pose,better than frozen in a plastic bag.:S3:

[Leo Berzins]

Impressive display captured here Daniel.
Any offers of sponsorship from a certain whiskey maker yet? :S3:

[Arthur Morris]

Excellent field technique resulted in a very nice image as above. Bummer on the rise between you and Mr. Tom that left the o-o-f strip covering the bottom of the bird.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Magnificent bird captured and shown nicely. I like that the turkey was in full display and the colors of the plumage shown in your image. I envy your ability to crawl and stay low, it certainly adds to make your images more interesting.

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Daniel, lovely image and field craft. I didn't love wild turkeys can be so good looking. You nailed the exposure and sharpness here with excellent details in the dark feathers. I think the white on the snout (?) may be a tad hot. Loi

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot of the display, Daniel! Excellent POV and exposure!