I made this image in Sand Hollow State Park last week. I did camping at this place in an attempt to be at sunrise and sunset at this location.
This is a good place for a great background and I had a nice time to photograph shorebirds.
I also had a great time with grackles.
Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 500 pf + 1.4 x TCII
Info 1/1600s f/6.3 ISO1250
Manual; Matrix metering
Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P 20
Slight crop from Top left corner to keep the bird off-center
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Cloned few branches in the lower-left corner.
Let me know your thoughts and comments.
Thanks
Krishna