Birds, Birds, Birds...

[jprzybyla]

Surprise...I'm back. Hi to all my old friends and those who have become members since I was away. I kept checking in to see what was happening here and I kept getting a message saying I had not posted in a while, encouraging me to post. So here goes.

Florida Burrowing Owls... next week I will be in southwest Florida photographing this years owls.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/400 F/8 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 320 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation



Great Egret... breeding colors on the lore

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering -1 2/3 EV ISO 250 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation



White Pelican

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 230mm (345mm FFE)
1/1000 F/8 Matrix Metering +2/3 EV ISO 360 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation



Australian Black Swan

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 175mm (262mm FFE)
1/500 F/8 Matrix Metering +1/3 EV ISO 1000 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Wavelength]

Superb quality images; penetrating looks..... classic

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[Geoff F]

As usual, perfect exposure and good feather detail.

[Stagecoach]

Great detail and compositions, as usual Joe.

[rtbaum]

Welcome Back, Joe. I missed you.

[rpcrowe]

I especially love the image of the burrowing owls.

Believe it or not, I think that this image also looks great when converted to B&W using NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 and selecting preset 006 with some contrast amplification...

[jprzybyla]

Superb quality images; penetrating looks..... classic

Thanks Nandakumar, very much appreciated.

[jprzybyla]

Nice series.

Thank you for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

[jprzybyla]

Great detail and compositions, as usual Joe.

Thank you Grahame, very much appreciated.

[jprzybyla]

Welcome Back, Joe. I missed you.

Hey Randy, thank you for the welcome back.

[jprzybyla]

I especially love the image of the burrowing owls.

Believe it or not, I think that this image also looks great when converted to B&W using NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 and selecting preset 006 with some contrast amplification...

Thank you for viewing and commenting, Richard. I just downloaded the free nik suite a short while back, I will try what you suggest.