Eastern Meadowlark

[Joseph Przybyla]

A bird of the pasturelands and meadows in central Florida. Image captured while driving along Joe Overstreet Road in Kenansville, 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, HH using the car as a blind
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 450 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped 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 at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide

[gail bisson]

Great BG and singing pose.
Light was a bit harsh and perch is man made but the weathered grey adds. And this kind of perch allows for a great look at the talons.
Just wish for a more parallel (to the sensor) pose.
Nice detail in the yellows,
Gail

[Steve Kaluski]

Nice 'calling' pose Joe, killer BKG with good detail and I like the perch here.

TFS
Steve

[Joseph Przybyla]

This is an edit, I fixed a small area where the yellow had clipped and I lowered the contrast a tad.