I have always thought of Coots as funny little birds. They gather in rafts of hundreds of birds, very gregarious. They have to run on the water to take flight, sometimes leading one to wonder if they are going to get airborne. Their feet are truly alien looking, and then there is the red eye. Image captured in 2015 at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a monopod
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 800 Auto WB, image captured at 400mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation







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