Snail Kite

[Joseph Przybyla]

Female Snail Kite hunting for Apple Snails photographed along the west shore 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, Handheld
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 720 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about the west shore of Lake Parker in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the pose here, and the head turn, but the IQ does not seem to be as good as I've seen from you as the fine details are not there. Perhaps a large crop, or a resizing issue. Nailed the exposure on the high-key sky conditions.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I like the pose here, and the head turn, but the IQ does not seem to be as good as I've seen from you as the fine details are not there. Perhaps a large crop, or a resizing issue. Nailed the exposure on the high-key sky conditions.

Hi Dan, trying to make lemonade out of lemons. I checked, this is a large crop. Thank you for viewing and commenting.