Eastern Phoebe

[Joseph Przybyla]

Finally the early morning temperatures warmed into the 50's so Dottie and I went to Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. The Eastern Phoebe landed close by and stayed long enough for me to move to the light angle and capture several images. 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, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018, part of an out of focus limb removed from upper left corner, parallel branch to the perch removed from the bottom of the image
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Nice eye/catchlight, head angle, soft background.

If this was shot as a landscape originally, would be interesting to see what a horizontal format would look like as well.

Cheers

Randy

[John Mack]

Great frame. Nice detail on the bird with a good pose and a nice perch.

[annmpacheco]

Nicely done Joe, details, colors, clean, TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.