Ring-billed Gull

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, 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 image captured at 400mm
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 450, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[gail bisson]

I like the BG very much and your choice of crop.
I realize the bird is in shadow but I would select the bird and brighten him/her by about 7 or 8 points.
I would have liked to see you at a higher aperture of 7.1 or 8 to get a bit more DOF on the face and bill. I do not know Nikon well, but I am sure you could have bumped up the ISO to 800 easily to get more DOF.
Gail

[Noel Heustis]

Hey Joe - I like that BG too, and the eye looks pretty tack sharp. Thanks for sharing.