Stranded.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Again lucky that this Greater Yellowlegs went straight to an appealing "perch". The water all around it is only a couple of inches high - so no problem to step off:D A distracting feather was eliminated from the rock and its reflection, and other minor imperfections tidied up in the water.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/3200s., f/7.1, ISO 640 (one of those rare times I forgot to check all settings), -0.7 EC, natural light, handheld, about 80% full frame.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_GreaterYellowlegs_8650-01.jpg

[Stephen Stephen]

Hey Dan I love the low angle, colours and the sharp image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the setting, reflections in the water and attentive pose. Exposure control and sharpness look good, too. It looks as if you could have gotten away with ISO 200. Oh, well... :)

[Aidan Briggs]

Having seen a yellowlegs only once, I am very jealous of all the great images of them posted recently. Sweet light, setting, BG, and exposure. It doesn't get much better than this.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful lighting and colors.Nice and sharp and I like your framing.

[Marina Scarr]

This is an wonderful capture. The colors and light are superb. Love the BG colors, although would QM the dark spots out for purposes of printing. Lovely details.

[James Salywoda]

Excellent shot Daniel excellent colors, detail and a very nice composition.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wonderfull, full body pose, detail, colors, light, ambient/BG, and species.. all is A+ to me.
Congratulaitons!

[Harshad Barve]

lovely low angle, nice BG , expo and sharpness with great details
TFS

[Connie Mier]

What a great perch, I love the bg, excellent all around.

[Matt Vosniak]

Daniel this is sweet!! The colors in the water and the sharpness in the bird are fantastic. Great shot!!