A semipalmated sandpiper shot from a low angle.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Sainte-Martine, Québec

When I found this little sandpiper resting on a rather uninteresting and dirty rock a few inches out of the river, I tried something a little different that in any other circumstance I'd actively work to avoid. I laid down on the rock and used a raised portion of it to block the sandpiper's legs and feet from view, creating the illusion of the bird almost floating in space, against a backdrop bright green marsh grass lit up in the evening sun.

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