Purple Gallinule

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image early 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 + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent) HH
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 720 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Topaz Sharpen AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Bill Dix]

Joe, I'm guessing you were stoked when you looked at the camera and saw what you had captured. At least I would have been. This is really nice, and I don't recall seeing other Gallinule BIF shots. At ISO 720 you certainly had room for some more SS, but you probably weren't expecting this guy to fly past you. Nice colors and comp.

[dankearl]

Nice flight shot,,, great species to get one of..

[Brian Sump]

Joe, great colors, wing position and nice dof to get the whole subject. Never seen this species in person, can only hope to.

I am glad the darker green wake lines dissipate as it gets closer to the head. You could consider lightening the two dark ones pointing into the head, but I am good with it as is too.

Nice one my friend!

[Paul Burdett]

Joe, a great capture indeed. Love the colours on this bird, nice and sharp and a great flight pose. I don't own a 1.4TC but it's good to know that the combo can work well for bif. TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very impressive Jo the colours are beautiful and the water is so complimentary, well done it's a cracker.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe .... really nice frame .
Love the overall color palette and the colors rendered .
I would keep an eye on the tones ... maybe less dense in the darker range .

TFS Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Well done Joe in capturing the image, perhaps a tad more on the ISO for greater SS. Did you listen the image???

TFS
Steve

[Joseph Przybyla]

Well done Joe in capturing the image, perhaps a tad more on the ISO for greater SS. Did you listen the image???

TFS
Steve

Hey Steve, welcome back, I missed you. Story behind the image... I had been shooting tight portraits of Cormorants. I was walking back along the trail with Dottie to get to the car and head home. I noticed this bird streaking across the water, instinct took over and I was able to capture three images so no time to adjust shutter speed. The image is pretty much as it was in the camera, slight adjustments in exposure but nothing I would call lightening. Thank you for viewing and commenting,

[Steve Kaluski]

Thanks Joe, no worries and thanks for the background to the images. Hope all is good at your end.

[John Mack]

Looks like a bullet. The color of the water and the bird compliment one another nicely.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.