I captured this image at a stop along Blackpoint Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, 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 +1 ISO 2500 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic. Topaz Denoise AI and Topaz Sharpen AI
Cropped for composition and presentation
01-04-2022, 11:12 AM
David Roach
Love that wing just touching the water. Perhaps a slight clockwise rotation and small boost in contrast but like it as is. TFS
01-04-2022, 04:25 PM
Kurt Bowman
Very nice wings down pose! I also think it needs a tiny CW rotation.
01-05-2022, 06:55 AM
John Mack
I do like that ripply water. Nice to see the wing skim the top of the water.
01-06-2022, 04:44 AM
Jonathan Ashton
That's a belter! I think that is spot on and the first thing that caught meyattention was that optimal wing position.
01-06-2022, 11:21 AM
Dorian Anderson
Pose and water are nice, but the bird is looking 'crunchy' as we often say here, particularly on the neck and face. Assume that's a processing artifact that resulted from some combination of NR and sharpening.