Took this the other week - cloned out a rather distracting black blob in the OOF background just above the head of the bird. Also cloned out a small bit of dark blue sea in the top left hand corner. And a bit of black stuff around the tip of the tail. This was taken at 7.59.58 am, I knew the light would be better at 8.
7d, 500mm + 1.4 ext, 1/5000 @ 5.6, ISO 400. EV 0. Tripod.