7D, 300 2.8 IS with 2x TC, manual, 1/800, f7.1, ISO 400, hand-held, early morning, intermittent clouds, process in LR and PS, back ground smoothed by average blur and masks over bird.
Thats a great looking frame Chris! The pose is awesome and I like the HA and the BG in this one. All around a real keeper. Looks like it may have been shot a bit under exposed and maybe you can get a little more detail out of the blacks before they get grainy. I tend to shot YHBBs and RWBBs 1/3 to 2/3 over at the time of capture to get more out of the blacks and then tame down the yellows a bit if needed. Great work.
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