Least Sandpiper Bath.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This beautiful juvenile Least Sandpiper was making its way closer and closer, so I stopped down the aperture in anticipation of creating tight close up portraits with enough DOF. Just as it got into wanted range, and that I was about to trip the shutter, the sandpiper began bathing from point-blank range. How cool! I created quite a few images in the hopes one or more would come out well...this one did and is my favorite of the series. Now, I did miss the after-bath wing flap and jump from that close of a distance!:t3

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/800s., f/11, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped to help the comp (about 75%% FF).

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great close portrait, Daniel. Appreciate the effort you put into preparing as he got closer. Love the low POV, and the ribbons of water on the back and from the beak. Good background also.


Geoffrey




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[gail bisson]

Very nice.
I like the low POV and love the water running down the birds back.
IQ excellent.
The water wavelets in front of the bird are pretty cool.
Excellent BG, nice light!
Gail

[Aditya Sridhar]

This is amazing Daniel! Love the water on the bird's back. The blue water and the orange BG go really well together. Very nice detail and light. Great job!

[Dorian Anderson]

The detail and water combine to make this a winner. Would not have been possible without the effort to get low! Two-toned BG is nice as well.

[John Mack]

Very nice. Love the water on the back. The low angle and background are great.

[Arthur Morris]

The giant drops and the wavelets are fabulous. How close were you to the MFD?

with love, a

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks!

Artie, I was right at MFD...I had to crawl back a bit to get accurate focus.