Putting the Horns in Horned Lark.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The melting country roadside snow bank created a neat icy crust for these guys to wander along onto. These guys are signs of spring before spring even starts knocking at the door.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/8, ISO 400, natural light, handheld from the car, just about FF, a few of the worst offending specks in the snow removed via clone and spot removal tools, the shadow under the bill lifted a bit via dodge tool. Audio used to coax the subject closer.

[Karl Egressy]

Great to have the horns up. Nice colors, background and excellent pose.

[keith mitchell]

Dan I like the head on pose which shows off the horns very well,IQ is spot on.Typical roadside snow and a good clean bg,nice work.

Keith.

[Lorant Voros]

Nice little devil:). I like the natural light , shooting angle and the composition. And I do like head on shots. TFS.

[Ihtisham Kabir]

It's a great shot, Daniel, well-posed, well-lit and sharp. And now I know why they are called horned larks. Two questions: is it really on one leg and is it possible to lift the eyes a little more? Thanks for sharing.

[William Dickson]

The difference in colours and texture between the FG and BG is pretty cool. I love the pose and detail on the bird.

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys!

Ihtisham: Yes, the bird is standing on one leg in this frame - the only frame that it did so. I suppose I could lighten the reflections in the eyes but there is not much else to do with black on black.

[Doug Brown]

Like the diagonal created by the snowy perch. This is the perfect head angle to visualize the horns, and your DOF is just right.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, ice perch, composition and complimentary BG. Very well done as always Daniel.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Very nice pose with horns up. Rest as usual superb.


Regards,
Satish.