Lesser Yellowlegs Standing Tall.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This fella (or gal) is looking quite tall due to the low angle approach I took! Despite how clean the beach was at this area I still managed to get darn muddy...oh the joys of fall shorebird migration

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, a couple of oof blobs cloned out in the BG (at mid-leg height), darkened pupil, lightened iris, small crop for composition.

[Girish Prahalad]

beautiful portrait! excellent shooting angle, details & pose. The pastel BG looks great.

[hennieloots]

Hi Daniel - Excellent image. I like the low angle, soft bg and pose. Great color on the legs.
TFS
Hennie

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Gorgeous bird, great angle, very nice details and sharpness! Super BG!

[gail bisson]

This is lovely Daniel.
I love the soft lighting and the subdued blue and silvery BG and FG.
Perfect POV as well.
Very visually appealing. Well done,
Gail

[Carl Walker]

Stunning shot Daniel. Love the comp and beautiful smooth soft BG too.

[Marina Scarr]

Terrific gradient BG. Lovely pose and comp. I can always tell from the thumbnail which photos are yours.

[Grace Scalzo]

Dreamy mood with lovely pastel colors. Pleasing striding pose tops it off.

[Melissa Groo]

Clean and lovely image. I love that dreamy graduated background, your low angle, the soft colors, and seeing the foot. Wonderful work.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Another gorgeous shot of the shorebird migration. No green in this shot - what's up with that?! :)

As mentioned above it has a dreamy feel to it. The gradient background is killer. You always seem to pull out just the right amount of detail without overdoing it.

Miguel

[yogesh_puranik]

amazing image nice sharpness, action, BG and yes low angle..it's just popping out of of screen..superb one.

[Josh Gahagan]

Just a lovely image of this species. It's embarrassing to state that I have absolutely nothing in my files for this species! The raised foot and diffused light make this one for me.

[Karl Egressy]

Very elegant bird. Love the pose and the presentation is perfect, Daniel.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Thats beautiful Daniel, Your covered all the bases. Exposure, pose, sharpness, comp, catch light. It all looks good .

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi Daniel,
excellent shooting angle, details & pose.
very nice BG.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the walking pose, light, body angle, IQ and composition. Well done Daniel!