I took yesterday morning off of writing with the goal of upping my Whimbrel game since they're migrating through right now.
My arms are tired after crawling around with my heavy *** rig for two hours! Not sure anyone on this board is using anything heavier right now.
Bird came hella close, so I added a bit of canvas at right, left, and below. Diffuse white in BG is a distantly-breaking wave.
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 1D Mark II
1/3200 at f/5.6, ISO 1250
Processed in LR CC after canvas adjustments in PS. No Topaz this time.