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    I captured this image last year at the rookery in the alligator breeding pond in Gatorland, Orlando, 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, camera and lens supported by monopod
    1/3200 F/11 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1100 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
    Cropped from 2x3 to 8.5x11 for composition and presentation

    P.S. Learn more about Gatorland in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this liink The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide
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    Hi Joseph ... really well working tight portrait IMHO .
    A shame that the DOF is not enough for keeping the bill inside the focal plane .
    Exposure , detail and color are looking very nice , might just try to give the whites a tiny bit more tonal depth .... as the red channel is slightly clipped .

    TFS Andreas

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Hi Joseph ... really well working tight portrait IMHO .
    A shame that the DOF is not enough for keeping the bill inside the focal plane .
    Exposure , detail and color are looking very nice , might just try to give the whites a tiny bit more tonal depth .... as the red channel is slightly clipped .

    TFS Andreas
    Hi Andrea. thank you for viewing and commenting. I think what is making the tip of the bill appear not as sharp/detailed as the remainder is that these birds rub the tip of the bill against branches. That action results in polishing the front inch or so of the bill, makes it look shiny. I checked where the active focus point was and what the depth of field was, at this pretty much parallel head angle F/11 should have the tip in focus. The active focus point was on the top of the bill where the underside of the green and black meet. I also checked the red channel because you mentioned a slight clipping. I did not see any clipping of the red channel on my Eizo display. Maybe it is a difference in our displays. Thanks again Andreas, your comments are always welcome.
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    Hi Joseph ... thanks for the info .

    Well for me the red channel is clipped in the HL , from my POV it is the case when the histogram is climbing the " wall" on RHS . Whereas the green /blue is far away from the end .The blue channel is clipped in the blacks , not so important , as the blue is the weakest of the three channels in general . Well this is my thinking ....
    For illustrating my point a screen shot of your image with the histogram

    Cheers Andreas
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Hi Joseph ... thanks for the info .

    Well for me the red channel is clipped in the HL , from my POV it is the case when the histogram is climbing the " wall" on RHS . Whereas the green /blue is far away from the end .The blue channel is clipped in the blacks , not so important , as the blue is the weakest of the three channels in general . Well this is my thinking ....
    For illustrating my point a screen shot of your image with the histogram

    Cheers Andreas
    Hi Andreas, not sure why the difference, I guess maybe different displays. Maybe Arash or Steve may know why the difference. Here is a screenshot of the red channel on my display.
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    Joseph the difference is indeed interesting !!!
    Will ask Steve where this could come from ... no idea about LR

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    .... cleared things ... not the whites are clipped , the red channel is clipped in the bill . so it is up to the yellows in that area who caused the histogram showing the clipping in the red channel .

    Nevertheless I would still add a tiny bit more tonal depth to the whites .... but gently !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    .... cleared things ... not the whites are clipped , the red channel is clipped in the bill . so it is up to the yellows in that area who caused the histogram showing the clipping in the red channel .

    Nevertheless I would still add a tiny bit more tonal depth to the whites .... but gently !!!
    Thanks Andreas, mystery solved. Will have a go at the whites.

    P.S. Another possibility that just came to mind is that I am doing my measurements on a 16 bit TIFF and you only have the posted 8 bit JPEG.
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    Getting technical on this one. I like the image. The "S" shape the neck makes is pretty neat. Nice detail and background.

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