Early monday Dot and I drove to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. I captured this image at the blind at area four along Blackpoint Wildlife Drive. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF HH
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 220 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 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
One of my favorite Florida birds, such characters.
Splash and the wing position gives a sense of action, fairly tight framing but because of the pose and the downward action of the birds head, works for me.
I could see a version with a 1/3 stop less exposure.
Joe, these are pretty birds. A bit envious of some of the saltwater species you all have there.
Kind of a neat wing lift pose, which I think works pretty well. The downside would be the shadow the wings create.
In terms of brightness, it feels a touch bright on the Macbook but actually really nice on the NEC. Also wish for a bit more eye contact. Details look nice.
Nice action. Agree Exposure could be reduced by 1/3 stop.
Do you need Noise reduction for ISO 220 ?
TFS
Hi Krishna, thank you for viewing and commenting. I use Neat Image for noise reduction on all my images regardless of what the ISO is. That being said, I only use it if the image has a pure background that Neat Image and it's algorithms care determine what is noise and what is detail in the image. The default setting is 60%. I have not noticed any loss of detail as long as the area sampled by Neat Image is smooth/pure without any detail such as a out of focus background. Thanks again, Krishna.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams