Limpkin At Last Light

[Daniel Cadieux]

One of my target species in Florida was Limpkin. I had researched where they were known to be found, but did not find any there...instead I found this cooperative individual when I visited at Artie's place. A pleasant surprise for me!

Photographed in Indian Lakes Estates as the sun was setting, giving this pleasing golden hues (you can see the sun close to the horizon in the eye)...

Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, FF, NR to the background.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great portrait, I like the crop and the light and BG are perfect...Nicely done!

[Karl Egressy]

The light makes this portrait special, Daniel. Perfect HA and great details.

[Melissa Groo]

Well, you sure hit your target, Daniel. Stunning light, details, and portrait. Love how you can see the horizon in the eye.

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty Daniel! I like the pose, composition, sharpness, details, BG and incredible light.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous portrait with superb golden lights. Loved the composition, details, sharpness and beautiful BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet Dan, love the crop details and nice light. a winner

[Bill Dix]

A beauty, Daniel. I would love to get this species. The late afternoon light really makes it. The horizon in the eye suggests the need for a fair amount of CW rotation. I'm guessing this was a conscious decision for compositional reasons, and a good choice IMO.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[thijs broekkamp]

Great portrait with lovely details. The warm light is superb!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, sweet light with warm colours, and you have brought out excellent detail - sharp too. I like how you have cropped this.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely first class, gorgeous light and wonderful detail, super composition.

[gail bisson]

Hi Dan
Very nice. Light is beautiful and I like the HA and the comp. Another keeper from Florida!Love the eye,
Gail

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very pretty bird and sweet light. You were really lucky! I do see a bit of noise on BG.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

One of your best Daniel, love the detail, pose and great warm light well done.

[Arno Ellmer]

What a striking image ,Daniel.The soft golden light is superb and the comp is spot on . Love the detail.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Lovely colors, soft, warm,rich. Great details, smooth BG.

Good point by Bill about the horizon in the eye, but it works for me re: rotation as is.

Cheers

Randy