Royal Tern

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -1 EV ISO 100
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10

[William Dickson]

Nice portrait Joe, the colours go well with the BG. Maybe a wee bit more sharpening around the head area if possible in my opinion would make it even better. Well done

[gail bisson]

I like your choice of crop/composition and the nice colors in the BG.
I wish for more DOF , which you could have achieved by bumping up the ISO to 400 or 800 and increasing the aperture to F 8.0 or 9.0.
This would have brought out more detail in the shoulder.
gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thank you William and Gail for viewing and commenting. I hear you Gail regarding the depth of field, I have to get used to this new lens and know what I can and cannot do with it. Once again thanks to both of you.