Snail Kite

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image along the west side of Lake Parker in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF, HH
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 720 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021, Topaz Denoise AI and Topaz Sharpen AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[kevin Hice]

Joe not sure about this one. The wing intersecting takes away from the head and not the sharpest on the head loss of details on the face. Was it a heavy crop? TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

this one looks way too noisy, it looks like it was underexposed and you had tp do major processing ?

TFS

[Kurt Bowman]

I like the wing position, but the image does look much too noisy. Agree about it being underexposed and overworked.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated. Yes to underexposed, too much difference in the darks and the whites. Sometimes I try the impossible, lesson learned. Thanks again....

[John Mack]

I like the high key treatment here.