I captured this image last week at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas 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
1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 320 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Topaz Sharpen AI
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
Not a whole lot wrong with that one Jo - it's a beauty - well done!!
I like as presented if it were mine (wish it was!) I would have a go at luminosity masking in the whites to try to enhance detail - it is good as is but I feel a little more could be forthcoming.
Very nice image, Joseph! Excellent detail across the tonal range, and the feather detail is excellent. Catchlight in eye is perfect, and he's sharp wing to wing. An excellent view of this species.
A beauty, Joe. No nits from me. Great flight shot. As I sit looking out the window on a gloomy rainy day, I am green with envy of you Floridians with such wonderful subjects an hours drive from your home. I'm itching to start traveling again.
DATPA. In perfect world the wings would have been raised a bit and the bird would have been correspondingly lower in the frame.
with love, a
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