The Yoga Pose

[Raymond Lee]

It seems that fall migration started quite early this year compare to last year. Here's one of my shorebird shots, a Marbled Godwit, from Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, located SE of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.



Canon EOS 7D | EF 300mm f/2.8L IS + Kenko Pro 300 DGX 1.4x + Canon EF 1.4x II
Manual exposure, 1/1600 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640

All C&Cs are welcome!

Thanks,
Raymond

[John Cooper]

A great capture Raymond - love that stretching pose! You achieved a nice low perspective here, good IQ and BG. Well done.

[Shawn Zierman]

Very nice!
I like the low angle, good light quality, subject pose is really good, and a nice job minimizing the fg.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice, I like the pose and sharp details

[Randy Stout]

Raymond:

Agree with the folks above, good shooting angle, interesting pose. Good angle of the bird in the frame as well.

Cheers

Randy

[Satish Ranadive]

Raymond:
Absolutely superb image.Very nice pose,colors,details and backdrop.I like the low angle.Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Awesome pose, shooting angle and composition. IQ is very good considering stacked TCs. shows how good the base lens is.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Very nice pose and excellent techniques. My preference would have been a hair higher to eliminate OOF FG.....but personal choice there. All in all an excellent image!

[Ivan Ellison]

A great image, love the leg raised and the slight opening of the wing, nice low POV( muddy knees np doubt), .really nice and sharp on my monitor you have done well with stacked converters.

[Karl Egressy]

Great stretchin pose captured very nicely, Raymond.

[Raymond Lee]

Thanks for all the comments!

Very nice pose and excellent techniques. My preference would have been a hair higher to eliminate OOF FG.....but personal choice there. All in all an excellent image!

Thanks! I thought about it, but probably a slight trimming will do, anything more would look weird composition-wise!

Awesome pose, shooting angle and composition. IQ is very good considering stacked TCs. shows how good the base lens is.

A great image, love the leg raised and the slight opening of the wing, nice low POV( muddy knees np doubt), .really nice and sharp on my monitor you have done well with stacked converters.

Actually, the results from the stacked 1.4x TCs vs a 2x TC show very little difference in image quality, except the AF is faster (just as fast as having a single Canon 1.4x TC), so I kept the TCs stacked for the extra magnification on the already sharp 300/2.8L.