I had already set myself up lying prone on the beach to photograph this fella in the hopes it would catch something. It took a long time for it to do anything but just stand there, and what it did was fly away....oh well, the series of poses it gave me was enough to make me happy, with this one being my favorite.
Canon R6 + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition, contrast and saturation to taste.