Limpkin

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Limpkin preening 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)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering +2/3 EV ISO 720 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Glennie Passier]

Beautiful Joe. The BG compliments the beak nicely and the colours are lovely. Sharp and detailed in the feathers. I've been looking hard, and, no nits to pick~!

Thank you for sharing this wonderful image!

[Lorant Voros]

You are really good in getting close. Nice details and exposure and clean BG. TFS.

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Excellent preening pose, nice color harmony between bird and bg. Well exposed.

A little more DOF would have been nice. Looks like you had room to trade off a bit of shutter speed for a smaller aperture. The lens would also perform a bit better when not wide open at 400mm.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Nice one, Joe. You've cornered the market on this species. I'll have to get to Circle Bar B one of these days. Great theme shot; no nits. I've also noticed that with the 80-400 the results are better if I remember to back off just a hair from full 400 and shoot at 7.1, light permitting.

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Did you need to do some masking or background work near the area where the neck joins the back ? The edge there looks a little odd.

Randy

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

Randy, thank you for coming back and asking your question. I did do work in that area smoothing out the brown out of focus vegetation. I think what you see must have been a inattentive to details masking of the bird. I edited and fixed it. Thanks again for another set of eyes.