White-rumped Sandpiper.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This little individual was taking a relaxing bath in the shallows of the Ottawa River, and on one of the times it raised its head out of the water it had a piece of vegetation stuck at the tip of the bill. It quickly shook it away and resumed its dunking activities.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, darkened the pupil.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image, Daniel Sir.
Spectacular moment captured. Love the colour of vegetation, low shooting angle and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Daniel,

This shot is a real beauty. Everything looks top notch to my eyes. The vegetation and it's reflection both add a nice touch.

TFS
Ross

[gail bisson]

Nice intimate POV.
I like the color palette and the pop of green from the vegetation really adds to the image.
I see a line just above the tail that I would evict ripple ?cloning ghost.
IQ excellent as always,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Nice moment captured. Love the smooth silvery water at the front and the layered blues at the back. POV and IQ are perfect.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hmm, I don't recall any cloning done here as it was a very clean scene, but it sure looks like a clone mark there. Perhaps accidental. In any regards that will be cleaned up, good eye Gail.

[Bill Dix]

I thought maybe that was motion blur, although there does appear to be a faint ghost above the far wing as well. Beautiful image with a lovely blending from foreground to background.

[Mike Poole]

Classic low level wader shot but the vegetation pumps it up to something a bit special, nice work Dan

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Killer shooting angle and love the dangling vegetation. Cloned primary noted. I'd also darken the eye just a tad more.

[William Dickson]

Love the depth. Cool image Dan Very pleasing to the eye.

Will