Limpkin

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image last Saturday morning at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/2000 F/11 Matrix Metering EV +2/3 ISO 1100 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Raised foot is nice. Good exposure i like the greens and blues.

[Tim Foltz]

Joe, I like the pose of this Limpkin, nice details and colors, HA and nice blue BG, my only nit is I wish there was a bit bore room on the left.

-Tim

[Glenn Pure]

Another new bird for me Joe, so thanks for returning the favour. Tones, colour and detail on the bird look excellent here. The rest of the frame looks pretty good to although I wonder if this could be lifted by desaturating or darkening that part of the image a little relative to the bird - but only subtle so the great contrast with the bird remained. But minor point on what is an excellent shot of this bird.

[Kirk Benson]

Really nice image Joe... I like the raised foot, terrific HA and the perch frames the Limpkin so well. Nicely done. :-)

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Nice Image. I like the raised foot. Well done.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Joe, with great pose and POV. Lovely detail and colours and the BG shows it well. The leaves add.

Will

[Arthur Morris]

Very nice. The bird was perfectly perched so that it balanced with the foliage. It was nice meeting you the day before; I should have some a day later :)

with love, artie

[Bob Smith]

I like the composition you caught here Joe, with the cedar nicely framing the bird. f/11 gave you lots of DOF so you got the whole of the bird in focus, with good feather detail right along it's flank from beak to tail. I also like the softness ( don't know if that's the right way to express this impression technically ) of the colours, creating, for me, a sense of peacefulness in the image. The raised foot adds dynamism too.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.