Black Skimmer

[Joseph Przybyla]

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 VR AF-S ED, Handheld
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 450 Auto WB, image captured at 400mm (600mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Denoise, removed intruding muddy looking ground from the upper right corner of the image, removed a couple light colored areas in the black feathers
Cropped 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 https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Lovely flight shot of the skimmer! Nice wing position and HA. I like the grass and water BG.