One last stilt sandpiper

Unless I get another good shot of him! Surprisingly enough, as of this writing, he's still here (knock on wood). This is the same juvenile stilt that has been in the Montreal area for the past few weeks. You can see some of the winter feathers coming in that Artie mentioned in my other image. Photoshop work was very basic and was mostly just a small crop and NR to the background with NeatImage. As always, I'd love to know what you think!

Thanks,
Jake

Specs:

5D mkIV, 500mm f/4 IS, 1.4x TC III, tripod mounted
1/1300 @ f/6.3, ISO 400
DPP/PS

I like the setting light and pose. Details look good, but I would clean up the catchlight a bit in the eye just to give a bit more definition. The wet beak is nice. TFS

lovely light and BG, nice pose and I like the HA, wish we could see the feet and the birds looks a bit soft to my eye and can use more sharpening

TFS

Very nice light and IQ.
I like the blues of the water.
Good HA,
Gail

Nice light. Bird pops against the darker background. The composition works well.

I like everything about it, especially the bird.

with love, artie