Eastern Meadowlark

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image along 10 Mile Grade Road in Zolfo Springs, 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
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 1600 Auto 1 WB, captured using the vehicle as a blind through the open window
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction, evicted a sprig of vegetation from the lower left side
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Nice calling pose on the bird. Really like the two toned background as well.

[Dorian Anderson]

Beautiful singing pose, Joseph. Composition is nice and sharpness looks really good. Perch is clearly 100% natural and mostly works despite being a bit busy. Probably not going to do much better without a set-up...

[Mike Poole]

Nice again Joe. I'm totally fine with the perch, as whilst it is busy, it is not distracting or covering any important element. BG is superb and the singing pose is just fantastic

Mike

[annmpacheco]

I can almost hear them calling Joe and that sound is so sweet to me. I like this for color, sharpness, calling pose and the natural perch. Keep em coming!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the perch too, it's nice to see this species on something other than a fence post or ground. Bummer about the oof parts in front of said perch, but overall the image works really well.