Gray Catbird

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image yesterday morning at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. 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 +1 ISO 4500 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped from 2x3 to 4x5 for composition and presentation eliminating some of the background and better placement of the bird

[David Roach]

You got this beauty at the perfect angle in this environment and nice and sharp. Love the framing and this canvas overall. TFS

[Dorian Anderson]

Nice and sharp, Joseph! Love the view of the curled feet! Setting a natural but too busy for my tastes. I also think the bird could be moved right in the frame a bit. Looks pretty good for ISO 4500 though!

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Agree that background is too busy, but the horizontal out of focus branch really hurts the image in my opinion.

TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.