Red-winged Blackbird (m)

[Joseph Przybyla]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 500.0 mm f/5.6
• ƒ/5.6
• 500mm
• 1/2500s
• ISO 6400
• Tue, 02 March 2021 8:40 AM
• Copyright 2020 © Joseph J. Przybyla
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.5 (Windows)

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 500mm PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/2500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 6400 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop CC 2023, removed a couple out of focus intruding branches from the background
Cropped for composition and presentation

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice clean shot, I like the calling pose, I applied a luminosity mask on the darker tones and lifted them, it resulted in a little more detail.. I didn't notice any remnants on cloning/removal activity.