I captured this image a couple years ago in Cape Coral, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 320 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation
01-03-2023, 09:47 AM
Chris van Rooyen
Ah what a cool image! I love the low perspective and the OOF head peering out of the background, lends an almost comical atmosphere to the scene. Technically I have no nits, the OOF grass stems in front of the subject is not ideal but no big deal for me.
01-03-2023, 09:59 PM
Dorian Anderson
That bird is perfectly exposed and super sharp, so well done on those fronts. The surrounding colors are really pretty, but I think the foliage is just too busy. The other issue is that you have a very bright catchlight in the secondary subject and none in the primary; that makes for confusion as our attention is split.
01-04-2023, 01:16 PM
Kurt Bowman
I actually had a little chuckle when I first spotted the subject on the right. I really like ethics frame. I understand Dorians comment about the catchlight on the right, but not much you could have done about it. I think the subject on the left still looks great. Nicely seen Joe!
01-05-2023, 12:03 AM
Andreas Liedmann
Hi Joe a neat shot and the one looking from the lower point is a cool addition .
Overall it looks nice , the subject just looks a bit lost in all the shrub .
I would try to selectively darken the FG to make the subject stand out more , just athought .