I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. The swan is the symbol of the City of Lakeland, Florida, Lake Morton has four species of swans swimming on the lake. 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
1/500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 320 Auto WB, image captured at 175mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed
Cropped for composition and presentation
P.S. Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 07-04-2020 at 10:25 AM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I love the beautiful curve of the neck and puffed up chest. Good details, but I do feel stopping down the the f/8 or so for the tight portrait would have been even better for the parts of the body just slightly out of dof range. Great texture to the neck feathers!