The ball of the sun had just set behind the horizon for about 5 minutes before I managed to get this non-crop shot off.

The ability for the Canon 5D Mark III to get great low-light shots is amazing. I was only at ISO 1250, 1/750 with +3 exposure compensation. Offhand using my 500L f4 lens. What a combo.

I did punch up the contrast and cloned away one bad dust-bunny - that's all! The background magenta colours were as is, as witness by a friend that was with me.

Some bird-photo purists will complain that the tip of one wing is clipped. That's okay, this is my photo and not theirs :- )

Cheers,

Mike