I spent the evening on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge a few night ago. I quite a few shots off of different species but my favorite of the day came much later in the evening. I stayed until after the sun had set behind the phragmites. It was a cloudless evening with just perfect light. The water still had a nice sheen to it when this yellowlegs flew in to where I was. So I removed my 1.4x, upped the exposure compensation and tried my best to get the bird in focus.
Canon 7d2 and Canon 500 f4 ii. ISO 800, F4, SS 1/2000, + 1 EV. Tripod Mounted with legs fully extended while lying in mud.
Converted in DPP 4. Auto White Balance. In PS I took some off the bottom and added it to the top. Then cropped in from the left and top a little. Used a combination of detail extractor, tonal contrast and white neutralizer on the bird. Sharpened and applied noise reduction to background.
Never took a shot like this before so am curious what others think.