This perky fellow was standing on one of the wooden rails of the boardwalk; warming up in the sun on a cold Sunday morning. He is one of the locals at Anhinga Trail, in Everglades National Park. He was painted with a Nikon D70s using a Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4 D IF-ED lens, and a Nikkor 1.4 T/C.
Image Solution: focal length @ 630mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / matrix metering / ISO @ 400 /1/1000sec - f/6.3 / exposure comp @ +0.7EV / white balance @ auto / AF Mode @ AF–C, dynamic range /color mode @ sRGB / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +1 degree / no speedlight – ambient light / no tripod - hand held /