Tri-colored Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at a stop along 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, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 6400 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023, and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Mike Poole]

Solid frame Joe, good head angle, ridiculous to be able to get that IQ now on a crop sensor at 6400!

Mike

[Joseph Przybyla]

Solid frame Joe, good head angle, ridiculous to be able to get that IQ now on a crop sensor at 6400!

Mike

Hi Mike, thank you for viewing and commenting. Much that is written about the deficiencies of a crop sensor are not so. Most underexpose the images and then the problems begin.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe ... a nice portrait with a good separation from the BG .
Nice details and sharpness .

TFS Andreas

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice. I note the careful crop to include all neck feathers plus a bit of room - well thought out. The streaks along the bottom do grab my eye - easy to remedy. All else is A1.

[kevin Hice]

Beautiful Joe no pics here. Love the colors and sharpness Love how you achieved the different tonal colors in the feathers through out. IMO that is what really sets this one out. TFS

[William Dickson]

Looking real good Joe....I agree with the comments above...I wouldn't change a thing.....Really liking the colours on the bird....

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful bird and beautiful processing, rinky tinky!