I captured this image last Thursday at the alligator breeding pond rookery in Gatorland, Orlando, 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 330mm (495mm FFE)
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV -1 ISO 200 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 02-22-2017 at 05:32 PM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Nice closeup Joe. It looks like you might have some dust on your sensor or junk on the lens ( 2 dark spots under the bill ) but they are super easy to clean up in photoshop. I'm not sure if that is a sharpening halo around the birds head but it really stands out. Also pretty simple to to avoid if you make a selection and apply sharpening only to the bird.
Nice closeup Joe. It looks like you might have some dust on your sensor or junk on the lens ( 2 dark spots under the bill ) but they are super easy to clean up in photoshop. I'm not sure if that is a sharpening halo around the birds head but it really stands out. Also pretty simple to to avoid if you make a selection and apply sharpening only to the bird.
Hi Stuart, your observations and suggestions are spot on. Not sure why I didn't see them, anyways they are fixed in this redo. Thank you for viewing and commenting.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Great Egret... breeding colors
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