Taken with my trusty Canon 5D Mark III, but this time with my lighter and older 100-400L lens, handheld @ 1/750, f8, ISO 800, +1 exposure compensation.

I often format wide wing shots at a 2:1 ratio for an 8 x 16 inch frame. To achieve it in this case, I basically only had to crop away horizontally above and below the bird.

I did a bit of despeckling of the background to reduce noise. Despeckling also adds a very small touch of blur.

And yes, it was very cold out there!

Cheers,

Mike