I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Why is this bird white and why is a Great Blue Heron multi-colored, I don't know but I wonder. 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
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2 ISO 1000 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 11-29-2018 at 07:19 AM.
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Well done. The bird's head is angled slightly away. I am in the rare majority in that I love white skies and cloudy days. Good job on the exposure and the processing.
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Nice Head Angle. I would have remove color from the background to make it more High key and then increase the vibrance a little more
TFS
Hi Krishna, thank you for viewing and commenting. I think if I removed the slight color from the background then the exposure of the bird would be fighting the background. Some areas of the white on the bird would get lost in the background. Thanks again for commenting.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams