Lapland Longspur

This was probably the second easiest bird to photograph in Nome.  They were all over the place,and weren't too skittish.  We shot them the first evening we arrived, though this one was taken on our last day of shooting-the first time we found one on the snow.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held braced on car window, f/8, 1/200, iso 2000, aperture priority, pattern metering, +1 1/3 EV.  Processed in LR & PS CC.  Cropped to 13.4 MP.  I used Topaz Detail to bring out feather texture in the bird, and separately, snow texture in the foreground.