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Frank Ginn's picture

Black Skimmers @ The Andrée Clark Bird Refuge

This capture was shot from a moderately distant vantage point overlooking the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, off a small (zoo) train, handheld at 500mm. The train runs around the zoo and on the backside you can look down upon the Bird Refuge. This day I saw these Skimmers dashing across the water and with brush and shrubs in the way I fired off a couple of shots. I particularly enjoy this one as I believe it has some artistic appeal.
The RAW image was very flat as this day was totally overcast. I adjusted: Exposure, Contrast, Saturation, Highlight, Shadow, White, Black, Curve, Clarity, Structure, Dehaze, added an inverted Radial Gradient Mask and applied some Noise Reduction. Most of these adjustments were very subtle.

Nikon D500
500mm · f/5.6 · 1/3200 · ISO 1600
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