A Little Help With The Feather, Please...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Tri-colored Heron 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
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 2000 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Mike Poole]

I really like this one Joe, great view of the bird shot at a lovely angle and all colours and details look spot on. Full marks from me

Mike

[John Mack]

Vert nice. Like the composition and the background. The feather on the tip of the bill is nice.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Nice details on the Bird.

Background Green Colors look good.

I will leave the feathers as it is...

TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet pose and details, I like the feather sticking to the bill as well

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Another nice one of this species, and in front of a beautiful BG. Are you asking for advice on how to remove the feather? I rather like it there too. IMO the head needed to be angled a bit more towards the camera with the body being currently slightly twisted towards you. Still OK though.

[Dorian Anderson]

Looks good Joseph! I am fin with the feather. Bird is sharp throughout and the BG is buttery smooth. This is a really strong portrait!

[gail bisson]

Very nice portrait Joe! Great composition.
The image is a bit dark and I wonder if the blues are a bit too strong. I realize this was in the shade but I would still lift the exposure a bit and see if that lowers the blues a bit,
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. I think I may have misled some with the title. I watched the bird trying to remove the feather, rubbing against it's other feathers without success. What ever was sticking it to the bill must have been strong. So that's where the title came from. Thanks again everyone, very much appreciated.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ah OK, now I get it. In that case, you would want to use the patch tool, and clone stamp, and...................just kidding :S3: Thanks for the additional explanation!