Tri-colored Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. 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
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 2000 WB set with eyedropper, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available on the Birds As Art Online Store.

[John Mack]

Nice portrait of this tri colored heron. Really like the framing and the pose. The feather at the end of the bill is nice as well.

[William Dickson]

Very smart Joe...FFD is perfect. Lovely pose and the BG shows the bird at its best. Nice one,

Will

[gail bisson]

DOF is perfect. How the heck did you manage this at F 5.6? How much of a crop is this?
Details and IQ look good.
I like the feather and the 2 toned BG.
Gail

[Dorian Anderson]

Beautiful look at those layers necked feathers! These guys are personal favorite of mine, and I wish we had them in California. I can tell the ISO was pushed up a bit, but the file still looks really good.

[Joseph Przybyla]

DOF is perfect. How the heck did you manage this at F 5.6? How much of a crop is this?
Gail

Hi Gail, welcome back from your travels. Thank you for viewing and commenting. Regarding your questions, I think the depth-of-field is from camera and lens combination. The depth-of-field of a 400mm with the field of view of a 600mm. The image is about 80/85 percent of the full frame, a little off the bottom and right side. Thanks again, Gail.