Lady Scaup

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/7.1 Matrix Metering -2/3 EV ISO 560, white balance set from neutral grey in image, camera supported resting on a concrete wall
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[keith mitchell]

Super shot Joe, beautiful clarity ,sharpness and detailed, water droplets are icing on the cake.

Keith.

[gail bisson]

This is lovely. Looks like she is "lost in thought".
I really like the BG water color and love the drop of water on top of her head.
Really like the POV and comp.
I see a bit of a halo at the tip of her bill- not sure what from.
BG could use a bit more NR but still very nice as is,
Gail

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Joe,

This seems like a creative perspective for a portrait, and I like that a lot. Very nice light on the bird too.

I noticed the BG noise Gail mentioned on my monitor quite a bit. NR for background can take care of that.

Perhaps the halo is a sharpening artifact?

TFS
Ross

[Karl Egressy]

Nice portrait shot, Joe. The DOF is just the right one.

[William Dickson]

Agree with the above Joe. A really lovely portrait. I love the eye.

Will

[stuart wanuck]

well done joe