Just a generic Northern pintail photo. I don't really get many opportunities to photograph ducks. So I was excited to come across a few pintails last weekend. It was a little bit later in the morning. I went back in the afternoon hoping to get some photos in better light but they were gone. So I have to be satisfied with the ones I got.
Raw conversion with C1 pro 2021. In PS CC, I used linear burn on the overexposed whites on the throat to try to extract some details. Also smoothed out a couple of distractions in the background (silhouettes of drainage pipes ). NR in Neat image and smart sharpening in PS. I chose to use Neat Image for noise reduction because I was having trouble with Topaz. For some reason Topaz was introducing purple color fringing on the boundaries of the light and dark colors of the wing feathers.
Nikon D850 500mm PF
1/4000s f/5.6 ISO 800
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