I captured this image of a Cormorant at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. The Cormorant was perched on one of the wooden posts along Wading Bird Way trail mentioned in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide. 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, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberley MonoGimbal head
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 800 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Topaz Sharpen AI
Cropped slightly and rotated for composition and presentation
P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 05-27-2021 at 09:46 AM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Love the blues and the pose. And the lesser coverts. This is a young bird from last year. See how the median coverts are worn -- they are retained from the Juvenal plumage. The neatly patterned lesser coverts and the greater coverts are all new feathers.
All in all, well done.
with love, artie
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