One of my favorite behaviours to watch and photograph is that of shorebirds bathing in shallow water, and then performing the obligatory "after bath" wing flap. Here I was happy to also get the "jump" they often do while flapping. I wrote a short blog with tips on how to photograph this behaviour, if interested to check it out, click here:
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1250s., f/5.6, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, added canvas below then cropped from above to taste.
Super job Dan, nice jump up and wing position. I also like the clean BG and few water drops. BTW, very nice article you wrote. I will be shooting shorebirds throughout the weekend and always look forward to those bathing opportunities!
Sweet pose here and I like the high key look. I would brighten this up a little and add a few points of black or do a small levels adjustment to deepen the brown tones of the bird.