Australian Black Swan (C)

[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 102mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -1/3 EV ISO 450 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Alex Becker]

I like the pose and the water ripples, as well as the image composition. Very interesting bird with the red eye too. I haven't seen one of these so I could be off base but wondering if some of the shadows / blacks on the neck could be brought up a bit more. TFS

[John Mack]

Cool looking swan like the red and the composition.

[gail bisson]

Very nice Joe. The blacks look great.
I like the position of the swan's neck a lot. Good DOF
I would clone out the tiny white speck in the water to the right of swan ( very minor issue!)
Gail