American Coot

 From this mornings camera walk.  I found this juvenile American Coot at Canoa Ranch this morning.  

A rare overcast morning here in southern AZ.

To get my camera low enough for a near eye level perspective, I rotated the lens foot to the above the lens position and then threaded my  monopod to it and held the camera that way.  Good practice for shooting from a boat in my upcoming Alaska trip.  

Leica SL3-P with a Sigma 500mm prime plus a Leica 1.4 x extender.  So 700mm focal length. 1/800 sec, f8, iso 640 - 1/3 stop  exposure.