Carmel river Lagoon, Carmel California.
D500, 500pf, f5.6, 1/2500, iso1400
PP on Capture one, Affinity photo.
Casp-1800.jpg
Carmel river Lagoon, Carmel California.
D500, 500pf, f5.6, 1/2500, iso1400
PP on Capture one, Affinity photo.
Casp-1800.jpg
Dan Kearl
Fun birds. Good wing positions. Sharp enough. Although not bad as is, a better head turn would have been extra. I also think the whole image could go darker a bit.

nice frame Dan, great you got the less common Caspian, agree with Dan re. HA. hope you had a fun trip to Carmel (golfing ?)
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Nice raised wing flight pose and background. The glassy-eyed look and the head turned away spoil this one for me. Those plus the bird looks quite washed out and a little blue ...
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I have nothing of this bird, so I'm envious on that front. Mottled background is very nice, but the glass eye and head angle aren't ideal as others have noted.
I like the mottled background. Yes, lower the exposure. I hear these birds screaming all day on the lake.
Dan, this is a colorful canvas for a simple subject. Very nice.
Great wing position, eye contact and plenty sharp. I feel like you could enrich the frame a bit by deepening the blacks and enriching the colors a bit.
Lots of positives though, nice capture!