Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (f)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk 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, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2/3 Auto ISO 450 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, converted to a TIFF in Photoshop and Neat Image used for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[David Roach]

Love the framing and the way the curve fills it, the bicolor BG and of course the details. A classic JP canvas. TFS

[John Mack]

Love the shape the neck makes. I also really dig that two toned background. The green and blue go great together.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

The two-toned background is really nice.

Nice Colors.

I would back off the sharpening a little.

TFS

[Brian Sump]

Joe, for me pose is cool mid-preen and that bkg transition is killer!

Far from an Anhinga expert but believe I see some blue casting in the whites throughout the subject feathers? Maybe something you can check.

Agreed sharpening feels just a bit much, then again I seem to feel that way frequently on shots of this species.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joseph ... killer shot !!!

Can only echo Brian´s thoughts re color and feather structure .

TFS Andreas

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting and suggesting improvements. This is a edit with the blue removed from the white areas and less sharpening.

[Dorian Anderson]

Reducing blues in whites was a good idea as the repost improves on an already-awesome frame. I love the graded BG, and the neck loop is really, really unique. I'd love to have this one in my headshot collection.