I captured this image of a juvenile Purple Gallinule feeding on the flowers/seeds of the Fire Flag plant at Circle B Bar Reserve early this morning. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 560 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction, smoothed a couple areas in the background, removed a couple intruding branches
Cropped for composition and presentation
P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve, the Purple Gallinules and the Fire Flag plant in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available on the Birds As Art Online Store.
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 11-07-2019 at 02:13 PM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Beautifully framed and sharp. I love the undrtail coverts. Nice BKGR too.
with love, artie
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