Limpkin

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image a couple days ago at Lake Mirror in the center of Lakeland, Florida. As I was heading back to the car this Limpkin hopped up onto a concrete wall and began preening and posing. 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 250mm (375mm FFE)
1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 1400 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentaton

[Glennie Passier]

Joe I like this very much. The feather detail and pose is lovely. O often wonder where I should crop to make a "portrait" of a bird. You have done this very skillfully!

[keith mitchell]

Lovely portrait Joe,that natural looking feather detail looks really good,just wondered if it might be worth a try to lighten the eye just a tad but that's been picky.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Excellent feather detail Joe- and the composition within the frame is spot on.
Ticks all my boxes as some say
John

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.