Black Skimmer

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 450 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[gail bisson]

Very nice Joe. Only thing I would do is increase exposure or brightness by 1/3 but perhaps it was a cloudy dark dark day?
Good eye level view, nicely framed and very sharp. BG shows a nice environment.
Gail

[John Mack]

Nice frame. Love the grassed and pose of the bird.

[Jonathan Ashton]

It's a fine shot Jo well caught, I think Gail has a good suggestion, keeping things simple I tried Levels and simply increased Gamma to 1.06, it does give the image a lift.

[Bill Dix]

Good one Joe. Great wing position and nice habitat shown.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the flight angle, composition, wing position, setting and composition. Very well done Joe!