Boat-tailed grackle

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Ocean City, New Jersey


Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D500, 600 f/4 + 1.4x TCIII
1/1250 sec; f/5.6; ISO 1600
Manual; Matrix metering




Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P
No Cropping
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Burn and Dodge selectively
No Cloning.




Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna

[John Mack]

Like the colors in this one. The calling pose and the background are great. Perch is pretty neat as well.

[Aditya Sridhar]

Nice shot! I like the bird's pose and the colors as John has mentioned. I can see a halo around the bird and the perch though, probably caused by the Nik filter. A higher res file would be nice as well.

[kevin Hice]

Nice capture Krishna love the Cedar tree and the background color. I see the Halo also.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you for the comments.

I do not see any halos, but I will revisit the processing again.

[Dorian Anderson]

Excellent treatment of this species Krishna. These guys don't get a lot of lens time but are really pretty in the right light. Beyond the halo, the bird feels jammed into that upper half of the frame.
The perch is sweet, so I understand why you kept so much of it. However, I do think the bird could use more room above and at left. he is very close to the left edge as is.