Having a bit of fun here with some extreme light, my new 500 f4 lens and an old friend at the Marais du Nord nature trail north of Quebec City. The bird seems to be floating on the wooden hand rail.

Taken at almost last light with Canon 50D, 500 f4 lens @ 1/800, f8, ISO 200 with -2/3 exposure compensation. As per usual, no flash here, I'm not a big flash user although I do use it occasionally - I just love this lens.

This shot was taken horizontally - I just cropped it at full height vertically.

Cheers,

Mike