I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, 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
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1.33 ISO 3200 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation
The ever handsome woody! Nice eye level view of him, nice detail on the bill, very easy to blow the highlights there
Mike
Hi Mike, thank you for viewing and commenting. I captured this image the day I met you at Lake Morton. I was sitting on the bench while you went to photograph the White Pelican, this Wood Duck climbed out of the water and onto the top of the concrete wall. Stay safe...
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
hi Joe ... nice portrait of this beautiful duck species .
good and solid head turn ... colors , tones and details are right how they should be , IMHO .