Greater Yellowlegs at First Light.

[Daniel Cadieux]

These guys are too fun to photograph. Here's a Greater Yellowlegs that was wading deeper in the water than the other species of shorebirds, which meant I was lying flat in deeper water than usual to get the low angle and proximity to the subject I needed to properly frame it as you see here.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld while prone in the water, full-frame, usual eye-work including removing a second (lower) catchlight.

[Paul Burdett]

Beautiful Dan! Love the BG graduated colour. Looks like the 1.4TC doesn't degrade the IQ. How close were you to this bird?

[dankearl]

That is some nice water and awesome colorful BG...
The bird has a bit of a magenta caste on my monitor.

[Colin Driscoll]

Nailed another one! Just beautiful. I don't get any magenta in the bird. I reckon Artie might be onto you for about 0.9 deg CW rotation though.

[Dorian Anderson]

Such a sweet angle on this guy, Daniel. I love the blurred water and pastel color palette; it makes for a really beautiful shot. There bit is in perfect focus, but I think you've lost a bit of detail to noise at ISO 1600 on that body. The blurred left leg is a small thing that I notice as well; I'm a real stickler for leg detail in my shorebird shots. All together a very nice frame.

[Mike Poole]

Just about perfect for me Dan, the way the water melts into that beautiful BG is superb. Yes to a slight cast on the bird, but given the techs I suspect this will be fairly accurate to the light at the time of shooting

Mike

[John Mack]

The background makes this one. Wonderful colors. Low angle is right on. Very nice.

[William Dickson]

A Beauty.........this is the sort of frame that would look spectacular printed and hung on a wall. Love the colours throughout.

Will

[Robert Kimbrell]

What a beautiful frame. The low angle makes for a terrific background. I like the soft horizon transition.