I captured this image along Joe Overstreet Road in Kenansville, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED, image captured at 300mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 2000 Auto WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction, smoothed the background in a couple areas
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation
P.S. Learn more about Joe Overstreet Road in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available on the Birds As Art Online Store.
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 11-14-2019 at 11:04 AM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I like the pose, background, exposure and nice display of the talons. The big feet and talons soften the post top.
I am not seeing quite as much fine detail overall. Perhaps a combination of the crop, D7000 sensor and the lens, which tends to be a bit soft at 300mm.
Randy and Jack, thank you for viewing and commenting. I was greedy, tried to get too much out of the image. I knew better. Large crop and noise reduction I am sure wiped out fine detail. Here is a repost keeping the image as a 2x3. Thanks again.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I love the 2X3 version much, much better. I even like the blue in the URC. And it would be hard to find a better perch ...
Try to remember to stop down a bit for the over-the-shoulder poses especially when you have lots of shutter speed.
with love, artie
ps: ps: if you'd like to visit Joe Overstreet, Circle Bar B, and other great Lakeland locations along with a few more great Central Florida spots, and learn about bird photography near my home at Indian Lake Estates, check out The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide that I co-wrote and co-illustrated with Joe.
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Joe: Presents better on repost. We all occ. push it past limit of what a file has to give. But if you don't over do it occ. , you are probably leaving something on the table!