Wood Stork

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Wood Stork at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. I had to shoot at a more upward angle than I would have liked other wise the background was cluttered with out of focus buildings. 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 160mm (240mm FFE)
1/2000 F/7.1 Matrix Metering -1/3 EV ISO 450, camera supported by a concrete wall
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation

[shane shacaluga]

do they call them wood storks because their heads look like they are made of wood?

Super exposure on the whites and the details are excellent.

good job on keeping the clean background it really makes the bird stand out

TFS

[Lorant Voros]

You are rocking out these portraits, Joe. I love the structure on the head and the beak. Beautiful detail on the white plumage too. Love your work.

[keith mitchell]

Joe they look like they belong in the past almost prehistoric ,lovely detail especially the white feathers which look perfect to me.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Hi Joe
Yes you certainly are banging these portraits out. What a wierd looking chap this is. It does indeed loook wooden !
Whites handledwell.
John

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Joe,

I just cannot think of an avian species with a more appropriate name:)

Nice work in the field - I really like the POV, I find it helps to emphasise the shape and size of this amazing bill. Great techs too, this is well exposed and sharp as can be.

Perfect framing and presentation, good detail and colours, spotless BG. I like everything about this and it gave me great pleasure to view, many thanks for sharing.

Kind regards,