Anhinga (f)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image recently 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 image captured at 400mm
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1250 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[Jonathan Ashton]

Joe this is superb! Really impressive, love the colours and pose. Being hypercritical now but if you lowered the luminosity on the lower mandible a tad and say two tads on the whites just before the base of the mandible I reckon it would be tickety boo.
I note a small patch of green on the "shoulder" I guess this is algae? The darkest darks are "dark" but that looks ok to me.

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Love the details, curve of the neck, open bill, all good. I think the 1500 pix horizontal dimension looks good. I believe we will gradually get a feel for what is the best compromise size wise for the majority of the people.

Cheers

Randy

[Glenn Pure]

Joe, this looks superb. I agree with Jon's comments and think a little play with the lighting as suggested would lift this even further. Image size works very well for me too and really shows this bird off nicely. I like the streaky OOF reflections 'trickling' down the background in this one too.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful details Joe. The bird stand out so well against that BG. Good work Joe.

Will

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Hi Joe,

What a great capture in every respect. Wonderful detail throughout. The blue BG and out of focus plants help her stand out.

Geoffrey




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[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joe, brilliant IQ and detail in this, and the open beak showing the tongue takes this up a few notches. The blue BG works really well. Well captured.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.