I captured this image early last Thursday morning at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, 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
1/2500 F/5.6 Highlight Weighted Metering EV 0 ISO 180 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
The lighting is really nice, and you avoided shadows altogether - so that's good. However, the bird is a bit high to get direct eye contact, and the intersecting beak and wing aren't ideal. The bird also looks soft; I;m not sure if that results from a focusing issue or heavy crop.
EXP is good as it the image design. Agree with the sharpness issues mentioned above. In addition, the bird has already turned away from you. Lastly, in a perfect world the near wing would have been fully extended.
I will be at DeSoto three times before the end of OCT for 3-4 days each visit ...
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