Eastern Pondhawk

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image yesterday 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 image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/9 Matrix Metering EV+2/3 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

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I would do a vertical crop and crop it in tight.

Background colors looks nice

TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the image though I think a portrait might present better. I am unsure over the processing, it looks sort of high key and then the blacks have been lowered?? How big was the crop is a portrait practicable?

[Arthur Morris]

Wicked creature, pose, and image. How large a crop?

with love, artie