American Coot Feeding

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi All,

I took this image yesterday at Farmington Bay at Sunrise.

Nikon D500
500mm f/4, 1.7x TC
ISO 1600, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec

Post processing:-
Cropping in Lightroom
Noise Reduction in Neat Image
Burn and Dodge on Beak - Photoshop.

Do let me know your comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[Daniel Cadieux]

You did well with the exposure - these guys' bills are so easy to blow out, but you got it perfect here. Neat feeding behaviour and flying water drops. If it was possible, getting down to eye level would have been good. I am not sold on the pano crop, but it is not too bad.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

You did well with the exposure - these guys' bills are so easy to blow out, but you got it perfect here. Neat feeding behaviour and flying water drops. If it was possible, getting down to eye level would have been good. I am not sold on the pano crop, but it is not too bad.

Thank you for the feedback Daniel. I was on a platform which is a bit higher than the water level. I was really low on the ground, in sitting posture, may be I should have been parallel to the ground.

I will try that next time. I just tried a different crop than regular one.

Thanks
Krishna