I always enjoy trying to paint with the camera, so I was happy with this small-in-frame result from last weekend.
I shot this bird to the west as forest fire smoke obscured/filtered the sun to my east. Made for an interesting color palette.
Some will surely suggest moving the bird down. I will resist that because I always want the bird looking into the widest portion of the frame, down-and-left in this instance.
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 1DX2
1/2500 at f/5.6, ISO 800