Birds, Birds, Birds...

[jprzybyla]

I haven't posted here in a while, been kind of busy. It's hot in Florida now... so a good time to go back over images and re-do. One of the great features of Lightroom is that you can always do-over without any pixels being destroyed in the original file. Here are a few birds I worked on recently.

Great Blue Heron

Nikon D7000, Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED shot at 300mm (450mm FFE), Matrix Metering 0 EV (should have been +1 EV image was underexposed) 1/500 F/8 ISO 200 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation



Red-breasted Merganser

Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Matrix Metering 0 EV, 1/2000 F/5.6 ISO 320 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation



Bald Eagle
Nikon D7000, Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED shot at 300mm (450mm FFE), Matrix Metering 0 EV 1/400 F/8 ISO 200 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation



Black-bellied Plover

Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Matrix Metering 0 EV, 1/2000 F/5.6 ISO 360 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation



Ring-billed Gull

Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 380mm (570mm FFE), Matrix Metering - 1 EV, 1/1600 F/5.6 ISO 640 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation



Great Blue Heron

Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Matrix Metering 0 EV, 1/1250 F/5.6 ISO 280 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation



Limpkin

Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Matrix Metering - 2/3 EV, 1/2000 F/5.6 ISO 720 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation



Lesser Scaup drake

Nikon D7000, Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE), Matrix Metering - 1/3 EV, 1/1600 F/5.6 ISO 280 AWB, Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, Cropped for composition and presentation

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[deetheturk]

Wonderful as usual Joe, thanks for sharing!

[bnnrcn]

Very nice series as always

[JohnRostron]

Very nice set. I did find that the background in the Merganser and the Plover looked rather washed-out. Was that as it actually was, or was it done in PP?

John

[Geoff F]

Perfect images, as usual.

[rpcrowe]

Great captures...

[Rita]

As always, nicely done.

[Ziggy]

Very nice, enjoyed viewing.

[jprzybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

[Nat]

Really great shots, my favorites are the first heron and the Limpkin grooming. Well done. I envy your patience in waiting for these shots.....