Image captured at Lake Morton, 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 250mm (375mm FFE)
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 250
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
A venerable, stately bird. SH and EXP perfect with enough d-o-f to cover the neck. With the bird itself angled well toward us, I love the head angle here with the lower part of the bird's face tucked in behind the bent neck. The head and bill angle are just this side of square to the back of the camera which is perfect for this pose. a
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