I made this image in Antelope Island State Park, UT.
I was flat on ground with lens on Tripod completely spread wide open, photographing Avocets. I saw gulls landing and waited for them to land close to me.
Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 600 f/4 + 1.4 x TCIII
1/8000 sec; f/5.6; ISO 800
Manual; Matrix metering
Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P
Cropped for Composition
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Neat Image NR
Sharpened for Presentation
Dodge selectively
No Cloning.
Let me know your thoughts and comments.
Thanks
Krishna