Snail Kite
I captured this image along the western side of Lake Parker in Lakeland, 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 HH
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1400 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Topaz Sharpen AI
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 05-01-2021 at 12:36 PM.
Joe Przybyla
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A nice portrait here. I'm sure these are hard to get close too. I like the color in the background.
Well captured Joe...The HA is perfect for the chosen crop...I like the detail and colours on the bird...The BG colours tend to compete in my opinion...if mine I would tone them down a wee bit. What a bill...
Will
Hi Joseph,
very good, bg William+1
:)
congratulations
I love the background colors. I find motifs like this to be awkward no matter how well done. I often go for a horizontal in such situations. That bird has some very worn feathers.
with love, artie
ps: Or even a crop to a square ...
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Lovely shot, I would suggest reducing saturation - globally.
Hey Artie, thank you for viewing and commenting. As always I think your suggestion to go for a horizontal is spot on. Here is a edit and repost going with the horizontal, I also smoothed the background a tad. Thanks again...Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
P.S. The damaged feathers most likely are from the bird flying into and between the Cat Of Nine Tails.
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 05-02-2021 at 11:01 AM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
www.amazinglight.smugmug.com
Joe, first off that bkg is amazing. Wholly moly!
Bird looks good, I think better with the denoise in the first post? But yeah, a little less saturation may help.
I think you could still get away with a vertical crop, personally, perhaps with a 5x4? How much crop was the OP?
Perhaps some cloning remnants right of the subject?
Overall a really nice canvas!
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