I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, 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)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 640
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements, cropped to vertical from horizontal for composition, a few stray leaves cloned out
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
This image has a lot of potential. Great pose, perch and BG. I would like to see a tad more on top if you have it. I agree on the exposure. I am seeing some similarity between your issue with a previous osprey in this one in the eye area. Your exposure around the eye is too much, and I'd like to see more contrast there. It will really improve an already nice image.
Here is a version with the brights toned down...some of the whites in the chest stripes is unrecoverable from this posted jpg... otherwise it is a great image.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to view, comment and offer suggestions to improve the image. Using your comments and suggestions as a guide I went back to the original and worked it up again. This is that edit. Any comments and suggestions on this post would be appreciated. Thanks again everyone.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams