White Ibis

Image captured early yesterday morning at Lake Morton 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, Handheld
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 450 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/

Nice portrait here. I do like the framing and that blue background. Nice detail in those whites.

Wow that's one clean image. Very nice.

That BG really makes this portrait pop! No nits from me, great job!

Hi Joe .... very nice image .
Looks good all around .... if you have used NR globally , then I would reduce it in the subject .
Nice colors and good job on the whites

TFS Andreas

You did superbly at what is often an awkward distance. The head angle is perfect for bird's position and the ruffled feathers are great.

with love, arite

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.