I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 1600 Auto WB, image captured at 400mm (500mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
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Love the pano crop and the exquisite plant. The head is turned about degrees too much toward you. BKGR, sharpness, and processing all spot on.
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Hi Joe, I think this is a real cracker. Crop/format works and great to have the subject cooperating, (head looking left), real bonus having some food in the beak.
Just a thought, but if you have time, just try opening up the subject a bit more a lighting the chest. Darkening the HL's on the vegetation and bring up some luminosity just adds form/depth, creating better, more defined separation from the BKG. needs to be done on layers not all in Lr though.
Just a thought.
TFS
Steve
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