Yellow Legs in Flight

I’ve seen an abundance of Yellow Legs lately and caught this one taking off and flying away at close range.  My camera did a very good job of keeping the focus locked on.

Taken with Canon 1DX and Canon 500mm F4 IS II with 1.4x III teleconverter mounted on Skimmer ground pod with Wimberley II gimbal head

1/1600 sec @ F14, ISO 1600, evaluative metering, +1/3 exposure compensation

1/1600 sec @ F14, ISO 1600, evaluative metering, +1/3 exposure compensation