I captured this image recently on a journey to Blackpoint Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/4000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 800 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Photo AI
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Lighting and colors are beautiful, but the bird doesn't look as sharp/crisp as the Sanderling in your previous post, for example. It's close, but not perfect. I do like the pattern on the water behind the bird.
Not an easy bird to photograph in Florida. Very nicely done. Great that we can see at least a bit of the colorful speculum feathers.
with love, a
ps; Were you sitting?
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