Lesser Yellowlegs.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I haven't had much time to photograph the shorebird migration so far, but here's one from earlier this week when I had an hour or so to spare near my place. That beach was rather empty, thanks to the city hiring someone with a drone helicopter to spook all the geese away...and along with it gulls, herons, and shorebirds away from the public beach (heaven forbid there are birds in a wild place they built a park in!!)...but the birds slowly simply return once that fella is gone from his early morning shift.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/640s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop to help the composition, toned down and gave more saturation to the bright blue BG.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Elegant fellow, with pleasing pose, good shooting angle, soft bg. The comp balances well with the mass of the bird against the shoreline and tan colors above.

Cheers

Randy

[Joe Senzatimore]

So stupid ,what local government does for a few$$$.
Beautiful image of a stunning subject. Nice POV.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Daniel - I agree with Randy, "elegant" was the first word that came to my mind as well. I really like the soft colors of the bg too. Great low pov and detail.

TFS,
Rachel

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful, simple image Daniel with a really stunning background! Love the complimentary colours on this one. Have an awesome weekend!

[Robert Kimbrell]

Lovely Daniel, The colors are very pleasing. Light and exposure look just right. Sorry to hear about the drone. I wonder what the long term effect may be.

[Carl Walker]

Daniel I really love your signature images with soft colorful backgrounds accompanied with great quality subjects. The bird really seems to pop here. TFS

[gary ellwein]

I agree with the previous comments. The simplicity of the image and the soft tones make for a most pleasing image.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Superb almost pastel tones in the BG and great pose, and detail on the subject is great...Nice to see your images again.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Foreground... interesting with just enough interest to give this image a good 'base'.... BG: Serene, lovely and complementary to the bird. Bird: The slightly uplifted left leg is really nice as is the slightly tilted HA, and detail is just right.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi Daniel,
good shooting angle,nice BG Colors. great Light and exposure.

[Arthur Morris]

I too like this style of bird photography :) And I love shorebirds. The soft light and the head turn rock this one.