Another view of the accommodating Tri-colored Heron at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. I moved a little closer than the image in my previous post, to the water's edge with a watchful eye for a lurking alligator. 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 with a monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 720 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 Circle B Bar Reserve 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
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
David and Robert, thank you for viewing and commenting, much appreciated. I know there are two shadow areas on the image, cannot do much about it. It was a clear day in Florida at 7:24 in the morning, about a half hour after sunrise. I was limited in where I could move to get on a better light angle. Thanks again for looking.
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 08-08-2020 at 08:40 AM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Joe, I love the subject and its' colours, as well as the BG, but I have to say that the face is soft and seemingly suffering from subject movement, especially the eye and up to the top of the head.
Joe, I love the subject and its' colours, as well as the BG, but I have to say that the face is soft and seemingly suffering from subject movement, especially the eye and up to the top of the head.
Hi Dan, thank you for viewing and commenting. After reading your comments I checked the active focus point, it was on the lower head and bill area where the white feathers are. I think the shutter speed of 1/2000 should have stopped any motion blur, the depth of field was 0.19m/7.5 inches which seems like enough. Maybe I was too conservative in sharpening, not sure but I did a do over with more sharpening. Maybe this is better, if not it will have to go among the vagaries of the unknown.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams